diff --git a/dtool/pptempl/Global.pp b/dtool/pptempl/Global.pp
index d72cdfba80..185aa7bbbd 100644
--- a/dtool/pptempl/Global.pp
+++ b/dtool/pptempl/Global.pp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 // is.
 #defer active_target $[if $[build_target],$[TARGET]]
 
-#if $[and $[eq $[NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS],1], $[eq $[NO_COMBINED_SOURCES],]]
+#if $[and $[or $[eq $[BUILD_TYPE],msvc], $[and $[eq $[BUILD_TYPE],gmsvc], $[eq $[NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS],1]]], $[eq $[NO_COMBINED_SOURCES],]]
  // for non-composite dirs, want to avoid returning the composite default name
 #defer get_combined_sources $[if $[ne $[COMBINED_SOURCES],], $[TARGET]_composite.cxx,]
 #else
diff --git a/dtool/pptempl/Template.msvc.pp b/dtool/pptempl/Template.msvc.pp
index 8cfce1b3fb..139855f4d4 100644
--- a/dtool/pptempl/Template.msvc.pp
+++ b/dtool/pptempl/Template.msvc.pp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 // for single-processor builds, write out *_composite.cxx files that include all composite
 // files into 1 in order to speed the build of our heavily templated source
 #forscopes lib_target bin_target static_lib_target
-#if $[and $[eq $[NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS],1], $[eq $[NO_COMBINED_SOURCES],], $[ne $[COMBINED_SOURCES],]]
+#if $[and $[eq $[NO_COMBINED_SOURCES],], $[ne $[COMBINED_SOURCES],]]
 #output $[TARGET]_composite.cxx
 #format collapse
 /* Generated automatically by $[PPREMAKE] $[PPREMAKE_VERSION] from $[SOURCEFILE]. */
@@ -236,9 +236,7 @@ $[TAB] -del /f $[patsubst %.yxx %.lxx,%.cxx,$[yxx_so_sources] $[yxx_st_sources]
 #if $[ne $[DEPENDENCY_CACHE_FILENAME],]
 $[TAB] -del /f $[DEPENDENCY_CACHE_FILENAME]
 #endif
-#if $[eq $[NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS],1]
 $[TAB] rm -f *_composite.cxx  // eliminate generated *_composite.cxx files for uniprocessor builds
-#endif
 
 clean-igate :
 #forscopes metalib_target lib_target ss_lib_target