diff --git a/atom.gyp b/atom.gyp
index 31ac253b0ff4..6a4e7c861d76 100644
--- a/atom.gyp
+++ b/atom.gyp
@@ -627,36 +627,5 @@
         },
       ],
     }],  # OS!="mac"
-    ['OS=="win"', {
-      'targets': [
-        {
-          'target_name': 'generate_node_lib',
-          'type': 'none',
-          'dependencies': [
-            '<(project_name)',
-          ],
-          'actions': [
-            {
-              'action_name': 'Create node.lib',
-              'inputs': [
-                '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(project_name).lib',
-              ],
-              'outputs': [
-                '<(PRODUCT_DIR)/node.lib',
-              ],
-              'action': [
-                'lib.exe',
-                '/nologo',
-                # We can't use <(_outputs) here because that escapes the
-                # backslash in the path, which confuses lib.exe.
-                '/OUT:<(PRODUCT_DIR)\\node.lib',
-                '<@(_inputs)',
-              ],
-              'msvs_cygwin_shell': 0,
-            },
-          ],
-        },  # target generate_node_lib
-      ],
-    }],  # OS==win
   ],
 }
diff --git a/script/upload-node-headers.py b/script/upload-node-headers.py
index c8998a80054c..5b452363618d 100755
--- a/script/upload-node-headers.py
+++ b/script/upload-node-headers.py
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ def upload_node(bucket, access_key, secret_key, version):
           'atom-shell/dist/{0}'.format(version), glob.glob('node-*.tar.gz'))
 
   if TARGET_PLATFORM == 'win32':
-    # Generate the node.lib.
-    build = os.path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, 'script', 'build.py')
-    execute([sys.executable, build, '-c', 'Release', '-t', 'generate_node_lib'])
+    # Copy atom.lib to node.lib
+    node_lib = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, 'node.lib')
+    atom_lib = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, 'atom.lib')
+    shutil.copy2(atom_lib, node_lib)
 
     # Upload the 32bit node.lib.
-    node_lib = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, 'node.lib')
     s3put(bucket, access_key, secret_key, OUT_DIR,
           'atom-shell/dist/{0}'.format(version), [node_lib])