diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 599b9d486..0e675f80b 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 environment:
   matrix:
     - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2017
-      target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
 
 install:
   - appveyor DownloadFile https://win.rustup.rs/ -FileName rustup-init.exe
-  - rustup-init -yv --default-host %target% --default-toolchain none
+  - rustup-init -yv --default-host x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --default-toolchain none
   - set PATH=%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\.cargo\bin
   - rustc -vV
   - cargo -vV