```ruby
#
# Author:: Seth Chisamore (<schisamo@chef.io>)
# Cookbook Name:: windows
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright:: 2011-2016, Chef Software, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

# gems with precompiled binaries
%w( win32-api win32-service ).each do |win_gem|
  chef_gem win_gem do
    options '--platform=mswin32'
    action :install
    compile_time false if respond_to?(:compile_time)
  end
end

# the rest
%w( windows-api windows-pr win32-dir win32-event win32-mutex ).each do |win_gem|
  chef_gem win_gem do
    action :install
    compile_time false if respond_to?(:compile_time)
  end
end
```

Remove Chef 11 compat code from the chef_gem installs
user
```ruby
#
# Author:: Seth Chisamore (<schisamo@chef.io>)
# Cookbook Name:: windows
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright:: 2011-2016, Chef Software, Inc.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

# gems with precompiled binaries
%w( win32-api win32-service ).each do |win_gem|
  chef_gem win_gem do
    options '--platform=mswin32'
    action :install
    compile_time false
  end
end

# the rest
%w( windows-api windows-pr win32-dir win32-event win32-mutex ).each do |win_gem|
  chef_gem win_gem do
    action :install
    compile_time false
  end
end
```
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