diff --git a/nodejs-tarball.sh b/nodejs-tarball.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+version=$(rpm -q --specfile --qf='%{version}\n' nodejs.spec | head -n1)
+#wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz
+tar -zxf node-v${version}.tar.gz
+rm -rf node-v${version}/deps/openssl
+tar -zcf node-v${version}-stripped.tar.gz node-v${version}