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|--------------|--------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
| GNU/Linux | Tier 1 | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 | x86, x64, arm, arm64 | |
| macOS | Tier 1 | >= 10.10 | x64 | |
-| Windows | Tier 1 | >= Windows 7 / 2008 R2 | x86, x64 | vs2015 or vs2017 |
+| Windows | Tier 1 | >= Windows 7 / 2008 R2 | x86, x64 | vs2017 |
| SmartOS | Tier 2 | >= 15 < 16.4 | x86, x64 | see note1 |
| FreeBSD | Tier 2 | >= 10 | x64 | |
| GNU/Linux | Tier 2 | kernel >= 3.13.0, glibc >= 2.19 | ppc64le >=power8 | |
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Depending on host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.
#### Windows
-* Visual Studio 2015 or Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 or newer
+* Visual Studio 2017 or the Build Tools thereof
## Building Node.js on supported platforms
@@ -192,16 +192,11 @@ $ [sudo] make install
Prerequisites:
* [Python 2.6 or 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
-* One of:
- * [Visual C++ Build Tools](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools)
- * [Visual Studio 2015 Update 3](https://www.visualstudio.com/), all editions
- including the Community edition (remember to select
- "Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015" feature during installation).
- * The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
- [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/) or the
- "Visual C++ build tools" workload from the
- [Build Tools](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017),
- with the default optional components.
+* The "Desktop development with C++" workload from
+ [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/) or the
+ "Visual C++ build tools" workload from the
+ [Build Tools](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017),
+ with the default optional components.
* Basic Unix tools required for some tests,
[Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash
and tools which can be included in the global `PATH`.