diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 2e6ce6f79..14214aad1 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -5,16 +5,8 @@ environment:
   ANT_HOME: C:\apache-ant-1.10.1
   JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0
 install:
-- ps: >-
-    pushd .
+- cmd: if not exist %ANT_HOME% pushd . && cd \ && appveyor DownloadFile http://apache.spinellicreations.com/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.1-bin.zip && 7z x apache-ant-1.10.1-bin.zip && popd
 
-    cd \
-
-    appveyor DownloadFile http://apache.spinellicreations.com//ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.10.1-bin.zip
-
-    7z x apache-ant-1.10.1-bin.zip
-
-    popd
 cache:
 - C:\apache-ant-1.10.1
 - apache-ant-1.10.1-bin.zip