diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index c6b481a3..f7b14017 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import Compat: is_unix, is_windows, is_apple
+
 depsfile = joinpath(dirname(@__FILE__),"deps.jl")
 if isfile(depsfile)
     rm(depsfile)
@@ -15,11 +17,17 @@ paths_to_try = copy(aliases)
 
 for a in aliases
     if haskey(ENV, "GUROBI_HOME")
-        @unix_only push!(paths_to_try, joinpath(ENV["GUROBI_HOME"],"lib",string("lib",a,".so")))
-        @windows_only push!(paths_to_try, joinpath(ENV["GUROBI_HOME"],"bin",string(a,".",Libdl.dlext)))
+        if is_unix()
+            push!(paths_to_try, joinpath(ENV["GUROBI_HOME"],"lib",string("lib",a,".so")))
+        end
+        if is_windows()
+            push!(paths_to_try, joinpath(ENV["GUROBI_HOME"],"bin",string(a,".",Libdl.dlext)))
+        end
     end
     # gurobi uses .so on OS X for some reason
-    @osx_only push!(paths_to_try, string("lib$a.so"))
+    if is_apple()
+        push!(paths_to_try, string("lib$a.so"))
+    end
 end
 
 found = false