diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6dd6f00bc0..c593022a88 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 version: '{build}'
 
-os: Previous Visual Studio 2015
-
 branches:
   only:
   - master
diff --git a/build/tools/appveyor.bat b/build/tools/appveyor.bat
index 2f81bd1be1..d703d23e0f 100644
--- a/build/tools/appveyor.bat
+++ b/build/tools/appveyor.bat
@@ -36,14 +36,11 @@ bash -lc "CXXFLAGS=-Wno-deprecated-declarations ./configure --disable-optimise &
 goto :eof
 
 :cygwin
-C:\cygwin\setup-x86.exe -qnNdO -R C:/cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -l C:/cygwin/var/cache/setup -P libjpeg-devel -P libpng-devel -P libtiff-devel -P libexpat-devel
+C:\cygwin\setup-x86.exe -qgnNdO -R C:/cygwin -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -l C:/cygwin/var/cache/setup -P libjpeg-devel -P libpng-devel -P libtiff-devel -P libexpat-devel
 path c:\cygwin\bin;%path%
 set CHERE_INVOKING=yes
 :: Workaround for "configure: Bad file descriptor"
 perl -i".bak" -pe "s/^test -n \".DJDIR\"/#$&/" configure
-:: Workaround for currently broken Python under Cygwin: don't use it for
-:: running gen_iface.py.
-touch include/wx/stc/stc.h
 bash -lc "g++ --version"
 bash -lc "LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib/w32api ./configure --disable-optimise --disable-shared && make -j3"
 goto :eof