diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index 998635e7cd..5331762383 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
       , gyp_addon = path.join(devDir, 'tools', 'gyp_addon')
 
     if (win) {
-      // add a <= version check when joyent/node#2685 gets merged
-      argv.push('-Dnode_root_dir=' + devDir)
-      argv.push('-I')
-      argv.push(path.join(devDir, 'tools', 'patch.gypi'))
+      if (version < 0.8) {
+        // if < 0.8, we need to manually apply the patch at joyent/node#2685,
+        // since it got merged somewhere in 0.7.x.
+        argv.push('-Dnode_root_dir=' + devDir)
+        argv.push('-I')
+        argv.push(path.join(devDir, 'tools', 'patch.gypi'))
+      }
     } else {
       // Force the 'make' target for non-Windows
       argv.unshift('.gyp')