diff --git a/src/env.cc b/src/env.cc
index f2c0105fa28291..852a8651c8a769 100644
--- a/src/env.cc
+++ b/src/env.cc
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& output, const SnapshotMetadata& i) {
          << "  \"" << i.node_version << "\", // node_version\n"
          << "  \"" << i.node_arch << "\", // node_arch\n"
          << "  \"" << i.node_platform << "\", // node_platform\n"
-         << "  " << i.v8_cache_version_tag << ", // v8_cache_version_tag\n"
          << "  " << i.flags << ", // flags\n"
          << "}";
   return output;
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index ee119eb3556b6d..6177e52d25272d 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -549,8 +549,6 @@ struct SnapshotMetadata {
   std::string node_version;
   std::string node_arch;
   std::string node_platform;
-  // Result of v8::ScriptCompiler::CachedDataVersionTag().
-  uint32_t v8_cache_version_tag;
   SnapshotFlags flags;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/node_snapshotable.cc b/src/node_snapshotable.cc
index 426066fb9d63d4..fe04a8ee8d708b 100644
--- a/src/node_snapshotable.cc
+++ b/src/node_snapshotable.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ using v8::Isolate;
 using v8::Local;
 using v8::Object;
 using v8::ObjectTemplate;
-using v8::ScriptCompiler;
 using v8::SnapshotCreator;
 using v8::StartupData;
 using v8::String;
@@ -542,7 +541,6 @@ SnapshotMetadata SnapshotDeserializer::Read() {
   result.node_version = ReadString();
   result.node_arch = ReadString();
   result.node_platform = ReadString();
-  result.v8_cache_version_tag = ReadArithmetic<uint32_t>();
   result.flags = static_cast<SnapshotFlags>(ReadArithmetic<uint32_t>());
 
   if (is_debug) {
@@ -570,9 +568,6 @@ size_t SnapshotSerializer::Write(const SnapshotMetadata& data) {
   written_total += WriteString(data.node_arch);
   Debug("Write Node.js platform %s\n", data.node_platform);
   written_total += WriteString(data.node_platform);
-  Debug("Write V8 cached data version tag %" PRIx32 "\n",
-        data.v8_cache_version_tag);
-  written_total += WriteArithmetic<uint32_t>(data.v8_cache_version_tag);
   Debug("Write snapshot flags %" PRIx32 "\n",
         static_cast<uint32_t>(data.flags));
   written_total += WriteArithmetic<uint32_t>(static_cast<uint32_t>(data.flags));
@@ -697,23 +692,6 @@ bool SnapshotData::Check() const {
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (metadata.type == SnapshotMetadata::Type::kFullyCustomized &&
-      !WithoutCodeCache(metadata.flags)) {
-    uint32_t current_cache_version = v8::ScriptCompiler::CachedDataVersionTag();
-    if (metadata.v8_cache_version_tag != current_cache_version) {
-      // For now we only do this check for the customized snapshots - we know
-      // that the flags we use in the default snapshot are limited and safe
-      // enough so we can relax the constraints for it.
-      fprintf(stderr,
-              "Failed to load the startup snapshot because it was built with "
-              "a different version of V8 or with different V8 configurations.\n"
-              "Expected tag %" PRIx32 ", read %" PRIx32 "\n",
-              current_cache_version,
-              metadata.v8_cache_version_tag);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
   // TODO(joyeecheung): check incompatible Node.js flags.
   return true;
 }
@@ -1180,7 +1158,6 @@ ExitCode SnapshotBuilder::CreateSnapshot(SnapshotData* out,
                                    per_process::metadata.versions.node,
                                    per_process::metadata.arch,
                                    per_process::metadata.platform,
-                                   v8::ScriptCompiler::CachedDataVersionTag(),
                                    config->flags};
 
   // We cannot resurrect the handles from the snapshot, so make sure that
diff --git a/test/parallel/parallel.status b/test/parallel/parallel.status
index da93f6ca89ac83..8328ae196f63bd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/parallel.status
+++ b/test/parallel/parallel.status
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ test-fs-read-stream-concurrent-reads: PASS, FLAKY
 # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/52630
 test-error-serdes: PASS, FLAKY
 
+# Until V8 provides a better way to check for flag mismatch without
+# making the code cache/snapshot unreproducible, disable the test
+# for a preemptive check now. It should idealy fail more gracefully
+# with a better checking mechanism.
+# https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3043
+test-snapshot-incompatible: SKIP
+
 [$system==win32]
 
 # Windows on x86