diff --git a/addon-sdk/Makefile.in b/addon-sdk/Makefile.in
index 69b25924144b..477243041d2d 100644
--- a/addon-sdk/Makefile.in
+++ b/addon-sdk/Makefile.in
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 include $(topsrcdir)/config/config.mk
 
-export PYMAKE = $(.PYMAKE)
-
 libs::
 	$(PYTHON) $(srcdir)/copy_source.py $(topsrcdir) $(srcdir)/source/lib $(FINAL_TARGET)/modules/commonjs >copy_source.mk
 	$(MAKE) -f copy_source.mk libs
diff --git a/addon-sdk/copy_source.py b/addon-sdk/copy_source.py
index 7f07764308c7..2710eca103ba 100644
--- a/addon-sdk/copy_source.py
+++ b/addon-sdk/copy_source.py
@@ -3,31 +3,14 @@
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
 import os
-import posixpath
 import sys
 
-
-def normpath(path):
-    """Ensure UNIX style paths are used with GNU make on Windows.
-
-    This can be removed once we no longer support GNU make on Windows (bug
-    828317).
-    """
-    if os.environ.get('PYMAKE') or os.name not in ('nt', 'ce'):
-        return path
-
-    if len(path) > 2 and path[1] == ':':
-        path = '/' + path[0] + path[2:]
-
-    return posixpath.normpath(path)
-
-
 if len(sys.argv) != 4:
     print >> sys.stderr, "Usage: copy_source.py " \
                          "<topsrcdir> <source directory> <target directory>"
     sys.exit(1)
 
-topsrcdir = normpath(sys.argv[1])
+topsrcdir = sys.argv[1]
 source_dir = sys.argv[2]
 target_dir = sys.argv[3]