diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 13d3425a927..fdf5c3bb40c 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     # Reset this number to 0 on major V8 upgrades.
     # Increment by one for each non-official patch applied to deps/v8.
-    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.26',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.27',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/third_party/zlib/zutil.h b/deps/v8/third_party/zlib/zutil.h
index e0466922244..a3f671c94f8 100644
--- a/deps/v8/third_party/zlib/zutil.h
+++ b/deps/v8/third_party/zlib/zutil.h
@@ -152,17 +152,8 @@ extern z_const char * const z_errmsg[10]; /* indexed by 2-zlib_error */
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MACOS) || defined(TARGET_OS_MAC)
+#if defined(MACOS)
 #  define OS_CODE  7
-#  ifndef Z_SOLO
-#    if defined(__MWERKS__) && __dest_os != __be_os && __dest_os != __win32_os
-#      include <unix.h> /* for fdopen */
-#    else
-#      ifndef fdopen
-#        define fdopen(fd,mode) NULL /* No fdopen() */
-#      endif
-#    endif
-#  endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __acorn
@@ -185,18 +176,6 @@ extern z_const char * const z_errmsg[10]; /* indexed by 2-zlib_error */
 #  define OS_CODE 19
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_BEOS_) || defined(RISCOS)
-#  define fdopen(fd,mode) NULL /* No fdopen() */
-#endif
-
-#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER > 600)) && !defined __INTERIX
-#  if defined(_WIN32_WCE)
-#    define fdopen(fd,mode) NULL /* No fdopen() */
-#  else
-#    define fdopen(fd,type)  _fdopen(fd,type)
-#  endif
-#endif
-
 #if defined(__BORLANDC__) && !defined(MSDOS)
   #pragma warn -8004
   #pragma warn -8008