diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java
index 01a6c7c15ae..d08252f5c12 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ public class AutoBuild {
   private boolean installDependencies = false;
   private final VirtualSourceRoot virtualSourceRoot;
   private ExtractorState state;
+  private final long maximumFileSizeInMegabytes;
 
   /** The default timeout when installing dependencies, in milliseconds. */
   public static final int INSTALL_DEPENDENCIES_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ public class AutoBuild {
     this.defaultEncoding = getEnvVar("LGTM_INDEX_DEFAULT_ENCODING");
     this.installDependencies = Boolean.valueOf(getEnvVar("LGTM_INDEX_TYPESCRIPT_INSTALL_DEPS"));
     this.virtualSourceRoot = makeVirtualSourceRoot();
+    this.maximumFileSizeInMegabytes = EnvironmentVariables.getMegabyteCountFromPrefixedEnv("MAX_FILE_SIZE", 10);
     setupFileTypes();
     setupXmlMode();
     setupMatchers();
@@ -446,8 +448,8 @@ public class AutoBuild {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns whether the autobuilder has seen code. 
-   * This is overridden in tests. 
+   * Returns whether the autobuilder has seen code.
+   * This is overridden in tests.
    */
   protected boolean hasSeenCode() {
     return seenCode;
@@ -741,12 +743,12 @@ public class AutoBuild {
       dependencyInstallationResult = this.preparePackagesAndDependencies(filesToExtract);
     }
     Set<Path> extractedFiles = new LinkedHashSet<>();
-    
+
     // Extract HTML files as they may contain TypeScript
     CompletableFuture<?> htmlFuture = extractFiles(
         filesToExtract, extractedFiles, extractors,
         f -> extractors.fileType(f) == FileType.HTML);
-    
+
     htmlFuture.join(); // Wait for HTML extraction to be finished.
 
     // extract TypeScript projects and files
@@ -1229,6 +1231,11 @@ protected DependencyInstallationResult preparePackagesAndDependencies(Set<Path>
       warn("Skipping " + file + ", which does not exist.");
       return;
     }
+    long fileSize = f.length();
+    if (fileSize > 1_000_000L * this.maximumFileSizeInMegabytes) {
+      warn("Skipping " + file + " because it is too large (" + StringUtil.printFloat(fileSize / 1_000_000.0) + " MB). The limit is " + this.maximumFileSizeInMegabytes + " MB.");
+      return;
+    }
 
     try {
       long start = logBeginProcess("Extracting " + file);
diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java
index 8ffcb65831c..39dfa70b285 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.semmle.js.extractor;
 
+import com.semmle.util.data.UnitParser;
 import com.semmle.util.exception.UserError;
 import com.semmle.util.process.Env;
 import com.semmle.util.process.Env.Var;
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import com.semmle.util.process.Env.Var;
 public class EnvironmentVariables {
   public static final String CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_ROOT_ENV_VAR =
       "CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_ROOT";
- 
+
   public static final String CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_SCRATCH_DIR_ENV_VAR =
       "CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_SCRATCH_DIR";
 
@@ -19,6 +20,36 @@ public class EnvironmentVariables {
 
   public static final String CODEQL_DIST_ENV_VAR = "CODEQL_DIST";
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a number of megabytes by reading an environment variable with the given suffix,
+   * or the default value if not set.
+   * <p>
+   * The following prefixes are tried:
+   * <code>CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_</code>,
+   * <code>LGTM_</code>,
+   * <code>SEMMLE_</code>.
+   */
+  public static int getMegabyteCountFromPrefixedEnv(String suffix, int defaultValue) {
+    String envVar = "CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_" + suffix;
+    String value = Env.systemEnv().get(envVar);
+    if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
+      envVar = "LGTM_" + suffix;
+      value = Env.systemEnv().get(envVar);
+    }
+    if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
+      envVar = "SEMMLE_" + suffix;
+      value = Env.systemEnv().get(envVar);
+    }
+    if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
+      return defaultValue;
+    }
+    Integer amount = UnitParser.parseOpt(value, UnitParser.MEGABYTES);
+    if (amount == null) {
+      throw new UserError("Invalid value for " + envVar + ": '" + value + "'");
+    }
+    return amount;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Gets the extractor root based on the <code>CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_ROOT</code> or <code>
    * SEMMLE_DIST</code> or environment variable, or <code>null</code> if neither is set.
diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java
index 5da39155347..d19490286b7 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptParser.java
@@ -273,23 +273,6 @@ public class TypeScriptParser {
     return result;
   }
 
-  private static int getMegabyteCountFromPrefixedEnv(String suffix, int defaultValue) {
-    String envVar = "SEMMLE_" + suffix;
-    String value = Env.systemEnv().get(envVar);
-    if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
-      envVar = "LGTM_" + suffix;
-      value = Env.systemEnv().get(envVar);
-    }
-    if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
-      return defaultValue;
-    }
-    Integer amount = UnitParser.parseOpt(value, UnitParser.MEGABYTES);
-    if (amount == null) {
-      throw new UserError("Invalid value for " + envVar + ": '" + value + "'");
-    }
-    return amount;
-  }
-
   /** Start the Node.js parser wrapper process. */
   private void setupParserWrapper() {
     verifyNodeInstallation();
@@ -297,8 +280,8 @@ public class TypeScriptParser {
     int mainMemoryMb =
         typescriptRam != 0
             ? typescriptRam
-            : getMegabyteCountFromPrefixedEnv(TYPESCRIPT_RAM_SUFFIX, 2000);
-    int reserveMemoryMb = getMegabyteCountFromPrefixedEnv(TYPESCRIPT_RAM_RESERVE_SUFFIX, 400);
+            : EnvironmentVariables.getMegabyteCountFromPrefixedEnv(TYPESCRIPT_RAM_SUFFIX, 2000);
+    int reserveMemoryMb = EnvironmentVariables.getMegabyteCountFromPrefixedEnv(TYPESCRIPT_RAM_RESERVE_SUFFIX, 400);
 
     System.out.println("Memory for TypeScript process: " + mainMemoryMb + " MB, and " + reserveMemoryMb + " MB reserve");
 
diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/change-notes/2023-08-23-ignore-huge-files.md b/javascript/ql/src/change-notes/2023-08-23-ignore-huge-files.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc82b3b5a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/ql/src/change-notes/2023-08-23-ignore-huge-files.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* Files larger than 10 MB are no longer be extracted or analyzed.