1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/js/binaryen.js-post.js b/src/js/binaryen.js-post.js
index d5943176e..3d732c1fc 100644
--- a/src/js/binaryen.js-post.js
+++ b/src/js/binaryen.js-post.js
@@ -2768,6 +2768,12 @@ Module['emitText'] = function(expr) {
 };
 
 // Parses a binary to a module
+
+// If building with Emscripten ASSERTIONS, there is a property added to
+// Module to guard against users mistakening using the removed readBinary()
+// API. We must defuse that carefully.
+Object.defineProperty(Module, 'readBinary', { writable: true });
+
 Module['readBinary'] = function(data) {
   var buffer = allocate(data, 'i8', ALLOC_NORMAL);
   var ptr = Module['_BinaryenModuleRead'](buffer, data.length);