diff --git a/src/Make_mvc.mak b/src/Make_mvc.mak
index a353a9cff9..5b25004b16 100644
--- a/src/Make_mvc.mak
+++ b/src/Make_mvc.mak
@@ -380,9 +380,6 @@ MSVCVER = 10.0
 !if "$(_NMAKE_VER)" == "10.00.30319.01"
 MSVCVER = 10.0
 !endif
-!if "$(_NMAKE_VER)" == "9.00.30729.01"
-MSVCVER = 9.0
-!endif
 !endif
 
 # Abort bulding VIM if version of VC is unrecognised.
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 9cd521a0c7..c6bdc598cc 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -714,6 +714,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    79,
 /**/
     78,
 /**/