diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index aa501e5b1..05f634e3e 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 image: Visual Studio 2019
 
 environment:
-  global:
-    # 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
-    CMD_IN_ENV: "cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\\appveyor\\run_with_env.cmd"
-
   matrix:
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38-x64"
       PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8.x"