diff --git a/modules/astcenc/config.py b/modules/astcenc/config.py
index eb565b85b90..37bb65f8ae7 100644
--- a/modules/astcenc/config.py
+++ b/modules/astcenc/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 def can_build(env, platform):
-    return env.editor_build
+    # Godot only uses it in the editor, but ANGLE depends on it and we had
+    # to remove the copy from prebuilt ANGLE libs to solve symbol clashes.
+    return env.editor_build or env.get("angle_libs")
 
 
 def configure(env):