diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 4b9e50e6dce307..4509c4c7420716 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@
       'include_dirs': [
         'src',
         'tools/msvs/genfiles',
-        'deps/uv/src/ares',
         '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)', # for node_natives.h
         'deps/nghttp2/lib/includes'
       ],