diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ac58a62..c4c1820 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ task :manual_compile do
   require File.expand_path '../ext/libv8/arch.rb', __FILE__
   include Libv8::Arch
   Dir.chdir(V8_Source) do
-    sh "make #{libv8_arch}.release"
+    sh "make -j2 #{libv8_arch}.release"
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/libv8_spec.rb b/spec/libv8_spec.rb
index 3aecf54..8397456 100644
--- a/spec/libv8_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/libv8_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ describe Libv8 do
   it "can find the static library components" do
     Pathname(libv8_base).should exist
     Pathname(libv8_snapshot).should exist
-    Pathname(libv8_nosnapshot).should exist
   end
 
   it "has a valid include path" do
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ describe Libv8 do
   end
 
   it "can retrieve objects by name" do
-    libv8_objects(:base, :snapshot, :nosnapshot).each do |obj|
+    libv8_objects(:base, :snapshot).each do |obj|
       Pathname(obj).should exist
     end
   end
diff --git a/v8-gyp-osx-x64-support.patch b/v8-gyp-osx-x64-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c13801f..0000000
--- a/v8-gyp-osx-x64-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 5dc6ca5..e4e36d8 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -260,4 +260,4 @@ $(ENVFILE).new:
- # Dependencies.
- dependencies:
- 	svn checkout --force http://gyp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk build/gyp \
--	    --revision 1026
-+	    --revision 1251
-diff --git a/build/common.gypi b/build/common.gypi
-index 5c0c323..4f2452c 100644
---- a/build/common.gypi
-+++ b/build/common.gypi
-@@ -317,6 +317,16 @@
-             'cflags': [ '-Wall', '<(werror)', '-W', '-Wno-unused-parameter',
-                         '-Wnon-virtual-dtor', '-Woverloaded-virtual' ],
-           }],
-+          ['OS=="mac" and target_arch=="ia32"', {
-+            'xcode_settings': {
-+              'ARCHS': ['i386']
-+            }
-+          }],
-+          ['OS=="mac" and target_arch=="x64"', {
-+            'xcode_settings': {
-+              'ARCHS': ['x86_64']
-+            }
-+          }],
-         ],
-       },  # Debug
-       'Release': {
-@@ -358,6 +368,18 @@
-               # is specified explicitly.
-               'GCC_STRICT_ALIASING': 'YES',
-             },
-+            'conditions': [
-+              ['target_arch=="ia32"', {
-+                'xcode_settings': {
-+                  'ARCHS': ['i386']
-+                }
-+              }],
-+              ['target_arch=="x64"', {
-+                'xcode_settings': {
-+                  'ARCHS': ['x86_64']
-+                }
-+              }],
-+            ],
-           }],  # OS=="mac"
-           ['OS=="win"', {
-             'msvs_configuration_attributes': {
-diff --git a/build/gyp_v8 b/build/gyp_v8
-index 4293e76..54f3f7f 100755
---- a/build/gyp_v8
-+++ b/build/gyp_v8
-@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
-
-   # Generate for the architectures supported on the given platform.
-   gyp_args = list(args)
--  gyp_args.append('-Dtarget_arch=ia32')
-+  target_arch = None
-+  for p in gyp_args:
-+    if p.find('-Dtarget_arch=') == 0:
-+      target_arch = p
-+  if target_arch is None:
-+    gyp_args.append('-Dtarget_arch=ia32')
-   if utils.GuessOS() == 'linux':
-     gyp_args.append('-S-ia32')
-   run_gyp(gyp_args)
-diff --git a/tools/gyp/v8.gyp b/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
-index 764789a..2913cdf 100644
---- a/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
-+++ b/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
-@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
-                 '../../src/v8dll-main.cc',
-               ],
-               'conditions': [
-+                ['OS=="mac"', {
-+                  'xcode_settings': {'OTHER_LDFLAGS': ['-dynamiclib', '-all_load']},
-+                }],
-                 ['OS=="win"', {
-                   'defines': [
-                     'BUILDING_V8_SHARED',
-@@ -536,7 +539,7 @@
-                 '../../src/arm/stub-cache-arm.cc',
-               ],
-             }],
--            ['v8_target_arch=="ia32" or v8_target_arch=="mac" or OS=="mac"', {
-+            ['v8_target_arch=="ia32"', {
-               'sources': [
-                 '../../src/ia32/assembler-ia32-inl.h',
-                 '../../src/ia32/assembler-ia32.cc',
-@@ -601,7 +604,7 @@
-                 '../../src/mips/stub-cache-mips.cc',
-               ],
-             }],
--            ['v8_target_arch=="x64" or v8_target_arch=="mac" or OS=="mac"', {
-+            ['v8_target_arch=="x64"', {
-               'sources': [
-                 '../../src/x64/assembler-x64-inl.h',
-                 '../../src/x64/assembler-x64.cc',
-@@ -982,6 +985,9 @@
-             }, {
-               'toolsets': ['target'],
-             }],
-+            ['OS=="mac" and component=="shared_library"', {
-+              'xcode_settings': {'OTHER_LDFLAGS': ['-dynamiclib', '-all_load']},
-+            }],
-           ],
-           'link_settings': {
-             'libraries': [
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