diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fba242766d34b7..a28c66fc0a8814 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ SIGN ?=
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 
 # Determine EXEEXT
-EXEEXT=$(shell $(PYTHON) -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('EXE'))")
+EXEEXT := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c \
+		"import sys; print('.exe' if sys.platform == 'win32' else '')")
 
 NODE ?= ./node$(EXEEXT)
 NODE_EXE = node$(EXEEXT)
diff --git a/tools/install.py b/tools/install.py
index 14342354d13e48..52c11099411dfb 100755
--- a/tools/install.py
+++ b/tools/install.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 import sys
-import sysconfig
 
 # set at init time
 node_prefix = '/usr/local' # PREFIX variable from Makefile
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ def subdir_files(path, dest, action):
     action(files, subdir + '/')
 
 def files(action):
-  exeext=sysconfig.get_config_var('EXE')
+  exeext = '.exe' if sys.platform == 'win32' else ''
   action(['out/Release/node' + exeext], 'bin/node' + exeext)
 
   if 'true' == variables.get('node_use_dtrace'):