diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cec7486..0000000
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# set clone depth
-clone_depth: 5                  # clone entire repository history if not defined
-
-environment:
-  matrix:
-    - CYG_ARCH: x86
-      CYG_ROOT: C:\cygwin
-      ABI: 32
-    - CYG_ARCH: x86_64
-      CYG_ROOT: C:\cygwin64
-
-install:
-  - '%CYG_ROOT%\setup-%CYG_ARCH%.exe -qnNdO -R %CYG_ROOT% -s http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com -l %CYG_ROOT%/var/cache/setup -P libgmp-devel,zlib-devel'
-  - SET "PATH=%CYG_ROOT%\bin;%PATH%"
-  - git clone https://github.com/gap-system/pkg-ci-scripts.git scripts
-  - bash -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER && scripts/build_gap.sh"
-
-# scripts that run after cloning repository
-build_script:
-  - bash -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER && scripts/build_pkg.sh"
-
-test_script:
-  - bash -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER && scripts/run_tests.sh"
-
-on_success:
-  - bash -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER && scripts/gather-coverage.sh"
-  - curl -s https://codecov.io/bash > codecov.sh
-  - bash -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER && ./codecov.sh"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 937e97a..09fd1b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/gap-packages/ace/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/gap-packages/ace/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Amaster)
-[![AppVeyor Build Status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/gap-packages/ace?branch=master&svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/gap-packages/ace)
 [![Code Coverage](https://codecov.io/github/gap-packages/ace/coverage.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/gap-packages/ace)