--- third_party/harfbuzz-ng/harfbuzz.gni.orig	2021-04-14 18:41:34 UTC
+++ third_party/harfbuzz-ng/harfbuzz.gni
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 declare_args() {
-  # Blink uses a cutting-edge version of Harfbuzz; most Linux distros do not
-  # contain a new enough version of the code to work correctly. However,
-  # ChromeOS chroots (i.e, real ChromeOS builds for devices) do contain a
-  # new enough version of the library, and so this variable exists so that
-  # ChromeOS can build against the system lib and keep binary sizes smaller.
-  use_system_harfbuzz = false
+  # Blink uses a cutting-edge version of Harfbuzz (version listed in
+  # third_party/harfbuzz-ng/README.chromium); most Linux distros do not contain
+  # a new enough version of the code to work correctly. However, ChromeOS
+  # chroots (i.e. real ChromeOS builds for devices) do contain a new enough
+  # version of the library, and so this variable exists so that ChromeOS can
+  # build against the system lib and keep binary sizes smaller.
+  use_system_harfbuzz = true
 }