diff --git a/indra/newview/installers/windows/installer_template.nsi b/indra/newview/installers/windows/installer_template.nsi
index 60e26274cbe87226f2d041e62d32304f18840f0d..5fb42ce2fd3fe3891cf00d2e686c4f112bd1b604 100644
--- a/indra/newview/installers/windows/installer_template.nsi
+++ b/indra/newview/installers/windows/installer_template.nsi
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Compiler flags
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-Unicode true
 SetOverwrite on				# Overwrite files
 SetCompress auto			# Compress if saves space
 SetCompressor /solid lzma	# Compress whole installer as one block
diff --git a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
index 89481add2942377b764a9e90a05036691ba2604b..c312c1d248a1c4f9bee72b7b6e2ed7e81d826f32 100755
--- a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
+++ b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
@@ -790,27 +790,15 @@ def package_finish(self):
             
         # Check two paths, one for Program Files, and one for Program Files (x86).
         # Yay 64bit windows.
-        for ProgramFiles in 'ProgramFiles', 'ProgramFiles(x86)':
-            NSIS_path = os.path.expandvars(r'${%s}\NSIS\makensis.exe' % ProgramFiles)
-            if os.path.exists(NSIS_path):
-                break
-        installer_created=False
-        nsis_attempts=3
-        nsis_retry_wait=15
-        for attempt in range(nsis_attempts):
-            try:
-                self.run_command([NSIS_path, '/V2', self.dst_path_of(tempfile)])
-            except ManifestError as err:
-                if attempt+1 < nsis_attempts:
-                    print("nsis failed, waiting %d seconds before retrying" % nsis_retry_wait, file=sys.stderr)
-                    time.sleep(nsis_retry_wait)
-                    nsis_retry_wait*=2
-            else:
-                # NSIS worked! Done!
-                break
-        else:
-            print("Maximum nsis attempts exceeded; giving up", file=sys.stderr)
-            raise
+        nsis_path = "makensis.exe"
+        for program_files in '${programfiles}', '${programfiles(x86)}':
+            for nesis_path in 'NSIS', 'NSIS\\Unicode':
+                possible_path = os.path.expandvars(f"{program_files}\\{nesis_path}\\makensis.exe")
+                if os.path.exists(possible_path):
+                    nsis_path = possible_path
+                    break
+
+        self.run_command([possible_path, '/V2', self.dst_path_of(tempfile)])
 
         self.sign(installer_file)
         self.created_path(self.dst_path_of(installer_file))