diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 68a80e2273..6d0c108d94 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -493,10 +493,6 @@ def configure(conf):
   if sys.platform.startswith("win32"):
     conf.env.append_value('LIB', 'ws2_32')
     conf.env.append_value('LIB', 'winmm')
-    # remove the next two lines when this issue is fixed:
-    # https://github.com/joyent/libuv/issues/118
-    conf.env.append_value('LIB', 'rpcrt4')
-    conf.env.append_value('LIB', 'ole32')
 
   conf.env.append_value('CPPFLAGS', '-Wno-unused-parameter');
   conf.env.append_value('CPPFLAGS', '-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2');