diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 51e074a4c..6248db85e 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 version: "{build}"
 
-branches:
-  only:
-    - master
-
 skip_tags: true
 clone_folder: c:\projects\atom
 clone_depth: 10
@@ -37,6 +33,9 @@ artifacts:
     name: AtomSetup.msi
 
 cache:
+  - '%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build\node_modules'
+  - '%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\apm\node_modules'
+  - '%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\node_modules'
   - '%USERPROFILE%\.atom\.apm'
   - '%USERPROFILE%\.atom\.node-gyp\.atom'
   - '%USERPROFILE%\.atom\.npm'
diff --git a/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee b/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
index 27f36aaeb..ad31c0d8e 100644
--- a/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
+++ b/build/tasks/publish-build-task.coffee
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ module.exports = (gruntObject) ->
   grunt.registerTask 'upload-assets', 'Upload the assets to a GitHub release', ->
     releaseBranch = grunt.config.get('atom.releaseBranch')
     isPrerelease = grunt.config.get('atom.channel') is 'beta'
-    return unless releaseBranch?
+
+    unless releaseBranch?
+      grunt.log.ok("Skipping upload-assets to #{repo} repo because this is not a release branch")
+      return
+
+    grunt.log.ok("Starting upload-assets to #{repo} repo")
 
     doneCallback = @async()
     startTime = Date.now()
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ logError = (message, error, details) ->
 
 zipAssets = (buildDir, assets, callback) ->
   zip = (directory, sourcePath, assetName, callback) ->
+    grunt.log.ok("Zipping #{sourcePath} into #{assetName}")
     if process.platform is 'win32'
       sevenZipPath = if process.env.JANKY_SHA1? then "C:/psmodules/" else ""
       zipCommand = "#{sevenZipPath}7z.exe a -r \"#{assetName}\" \"#{sourcePath}\""
@@ -136,6 +142,7 @@ zipAssets = (buildDir, assets, callback) ->
   async.parallel(tasks, callback)
 
 getAtomDraftRelease = (isPrerelease, branchName, callback) ->
+  grunt.log.ok("Obtaining GitHub draft release for #{branchName}")
   atomRepo = new GitHub({repo: repo, token})
   atomRepo.getReleases {prerelease: isPrerelease}, (error, releases=[]) ->
     if error?
@@ -154,12 +161,14 @@ getAtomDraftRelease = (isPrerelease, branchName, callback) ->
             logError('Fetching draft release assets failed', error, assets)
             callback(error ? new Error(response.statusCode))
           else
+            grunt.log.ok("Using GitHub draft release #{firstDraft.name}")
             firstDraft.assets = assets
             callback(null, firstDraft)
       else
         createAtomDraftRelease(isPrerelease, branchName, callback)
 
 createAtomDraftRelease = (isPrerelease, branchName, callback) ->
+  grunt.log.ok("Creating GitHub draft release #{branchName}")
   {version} = require('../../package.json')
   options =
     uri: "https://api.github.com/repos/#{repo}/releases"
@@ -185,6 +194,7 @@ createAtomDraftRelease = (isPrerelease, branchName, callback) ->
       callback(null, body)
 
 deleteRelease = (release) ->
+  grunt.log.ok("Deleting GitHub release #{release.tag_name}")
   options =
     uri: release.url
     method: 'DELETE'
@@ -195,6 +205,7 @@ deleteRelease = (release) ->
       logError('Deleting release failed', error, body)
 
 deleteExistingAssets = (release, assetNames, callback) ->
+  grunt.log.ok("Deleting #{assetNames.join(',')} from GitHub release #{release.tag_name}")
   [callback, assetNames] = [assetNames, callback] if not callback?
 
   deleteAsset = (url, callback) ->
@@ -216,6 +227,7 @@ deleteExistingAssets = (release, assetNames, callback) ->
 
 uploadAssets = (release, buildDir, assets, callback) ->
   uploadToReleases = (release, assetName, assetPath, callback) ->
+    grunt.log.ok("Uploading #{assetName} to GitHub release #{release.tag_name}")
     options =
       uri: release.upload_url.replace(/\{.*$/, "?name=#{assetName}")
       method: 'POST'
@@ -248,6 +260,7 @@ uploadAssets = (release, buildDir, assets, callback) ->
     s3 = new AWS.S3 s3Info
 
     key = "releases/#{release.tag_name}/#{assetName}"
+    grunt.log.ok("Uploading to S3 #{key}")
     uploadParams =
       Bucket: s3Bucket
       ACL: 'public-read'
diff --git a/script/cibuild b/script/cibuild
index 627c2291a..6f16ac5cd 100755
--- a/script/cibuild
+++ b/script/cibuild
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ function setEnvironmentVariables() {
     process.env.CC = 'clang';
     process.env.CXX = 'clang++';
     process.env.npm_config_clang = '1';
-  } else if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-    process.env.BUILD_ATOM_RELEASES_S3_KEY = process.env.BUILD_ATOM_WIN_RELEASES_S3_KEY
-    process.env.BUILD_ATOM_RELEASES_S3_SECRET = process.env.BUILD_ATOM_WIN_RELEASES_S3_SECRET
-    process.env.BUILD_ATOM_RELEASES_S3_BUCKET = process.env.BUILD_ATOM_WIN_RELEASES_S3_BUCKET
   }
 }