diff --git a/generate/templates/templates/binding.gyp b/generate/templates/templates/binding.gyp
index dbe70ab5c..a0d1a88d9 100644
--- a/generate/templates/templates/binding.gyp
+++ b/generate/templates/templates/binding.gyp
@@ -1,33 +1,13 @@
 {
   "conditions": [
     ["(OS=='win' and node_root_dir.split('\\\\')[-1].startswith('iojs')) or (OS=='mac' and node_root_dir.split('/')[-1].startswith('iojs'))", {
-      "conditions": [
-        ["OS=='win'", {
-          "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "1",
-            "openssl_include_dir%": "<(module_root_dir)\\vendor\\openssl"
-          }
-        }, {
-          "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "1",
-            "openssl_include_dir%": "<(module_root_dir)/vendor/openssl"
-          }
-        }]
-      ],
+      "variables": {
+        "is_electron%": "1",
+      }
     }, {
-      "conditions": [
-        ["OS=='win'", {
-          "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "0",
-            "openssl_include_dir%": "<(node_root_dir)\\include\\node"
-          }
-        }, {
-          "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "0",
-            "openssl_include_dir%": "<(node_root_dir)/include/node"
-          }
-        }]
-      ]
+      "variables": {
+        "is_electron%": "0",
+      }
     }]
   ],
 
@@ -50,7 +30,7 @@
       "target_name": "configureLibssh2",
       "actions": [{
         "action_name": "configure",
-        "action": ["node", "utils/configureLibssh2.js", "<(openssl_include_dir)", "<(is_electron)"],
+        "action": ["node", "utils/configureLibssh2.js"],
         "inputs": [""],
         "outputs": [""]
       }],
diff --git a/utils/configureLibssh2.js b/utils/configureLibssh2.js
index 3ee8cd933..befdb4594 100644
--- a/utils/configureLibssh2.js
+++ b/utils/configureLibssh2.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var cp = require("child_process");
-var fse = require('fs-extra');
+var fse = require("fs-extra");
 var path = require("path");
 
 const libssh2VendorDirectory = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "vendor", "libssh2");
@@ -19,27 +19,13 @@ module.exports = function retrieveExternalDependencies() {
 
   // Run the `configure` script on Linux
   return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-
-    var opensslDir = process.argv[2];
-    var isElectron = process.argv[3] === "1";
-    var opensslIncludes = isElectron ? path.join(opensslDir, "includes") : opensslDir;
-
     var newEnv = {};
     Object.keys(process.env).forEach(function(key) {
       newEnv[key] = process.env[key];
     });
 
-    newEnv.CPPFLAGS = newEnv.CPPFLAGS || "";
-    newEnv.CPPFLAGS += ` -I${opensslIncludes}`;
-    newEnv.CPPFLAGS = newEnv.CPPFLAGS.trim();
-
-    var maybeLibsslPrefix = "";
-    if (isElectron) {
-      maybeLibsslPrefix = ` --with-libssl-prefix=${opensslDir}`;
-    }
-
     cp.exec(
-      libssh2ConfigureScript + maybeLibsslPrefix,
+      libssh2ConfigureScript,
       {
         cwd: libssh2VendorDirectory,
         env: newEnv