diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b61a27c70..7538378fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -212,16 +212,6 @@ cd packages/webgpu
 yarn build-dawn
 ```
 
-You can also filter the platforms to build, for instance to skip the macOS and visionOS build:
-```sh
-yarn build-dawn --exclude=xros,xrsimulator,macosx
-```
-
-Alternatively if you want to build for a specific platform only, you can use `includeOnly`.
-```sh
-yarn build-dawn --includeOnly=xros,xrsimulator
-```
-
 ### Downloading Dawn
 
 There is an alternative way which is to download the prebuilt binaries from GitHub.
diff --git a/packages/webgpu/scripts/build/dawn.ts b/packages/webgpu/scripts/build/dawn.ts
index 617cf0a5a..6e9ba6034 100644
--- a/packages/webgpu/scripts/build/dawn.ts
+++ b/packages/webgpu/scripts/build/dawn.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 import { chdir } from "process";
 
-import yargs from "yargs";
-import { hideBin } from "yargs/helpers";
-
 import type { Platform } from "./dawn-configuration";
 import { $, mapKeys } from "./util";
 import {
@@ -17,37 +14,6 @@ import {
   projectRoot,
 } from "./dawn-configuration";
 
-const { argv } = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
-  .option("exclude", {
-    type: "string",
-    describe: "Comma-separated list of platforms to exclude",
-  })
-  .option("includeOnly", {
-    type: "string",
-    describe: "Comma-separated list of platforms to include exclusively",
-  });
-
-// Function to filter platforms based on exclude list
-function filterPlatforms<T extends string>(
-  platforms: T[],
-  excludeList: string[],
-  includeOnlyList: string[],
-): T[] {
-  if (includeOnlyList.length > 0) {
-    return platforms.filter((platform) => includeOnlyList.includes(platform));
-  } else {
-    return platforms.filter((platform) => !excludeList.includes(platform));
-  }
-}
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-const args = argv as any;
-const excludeList = args.exclude ? args.exclude.split(",") : [];
-const includeOnlyList = args.includeOnly ? args.includeOnly.split(",") : [];
-
-const platforms = (plts: string[]) =>
-  filterPlatforms(plts, excludeList, includeOnlyList) as Platform[];
-
 const commonArgs = {
   CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "Release",
   BUILD_SAMPLES: "OFF",
@@ -73,7 +39,7 @@ const PLATFORM_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
 };
 
 const android = {
-  platforms: platforms(["arm64-v8a", "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64"]),
+  platforms: ["arm64-v8a", "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64"] as Platform[],
   args: {
     CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE: "$ANDROID_NDK/build/cmake/android.toolchain.cmake",
     ANDROID_PLATFORM: "android-26",
@@ -83,9 +49,9 @@ const android = {
 
 const apple = {
   matrix: {
-    arm64: platforms(["iphoneos", "iphonesimulator", "xros", "xrsimulator"]),
-    x86_64: platforms(["iphonesimulator"]),
-    universal: platforms(["macosx"]),
+    arm64: ["iphoneos", "iphonesimulator", "xros", "xrsimulator"],
+    x86_64: ["iphonesimulator"],
+    universal: ["macosx"],
   },
   args: {
     CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE: `${__dirname}/apple.toolchain.cmake`,
@@ -96,6 +62,7 @@ const apple = {
 (async () => {
   process.chdir("../..");
   process.chdir("externals/dawn");
+  $("git submodule update --init third_party/abseil-cpp");
   $(
     "git reset --hard HEAD && cd third_party/abseil-cpp && git reset --hard HEAD && cd ../..",
   );