diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index de63c6ed..c7730c22 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ environment:
     # SDK v7.0 MSVC Express 2008's SetEnv.cmd script will fail if the
     # /E:ON and /V:ON options are not enabled in the batch script intepreter
     # See: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13751649/163740
+    PYTHON: "C:\\conda"
     CMD_IN_ENV: "cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\\appveyor\\run_with_env.cmd"
+    MINICONDA_FILENAME: "Miniconda2-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe"
 
   matrix:
-  - PYTHON: "C:\\conda"
-    CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: "C:\\Miniconda36-x64"
-    MINICONDA_FILENAME: "Miniconda2-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe"
+    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2017
+      PYTHON_VERSION: "3.5"
 
 init:
   - "ECHO %PYTHON% %PYTHON_VERSION% %PYTHON_ARCH%"