diff --git a/appveyor/install.ps1 b/appveyor/install.ps1
index 160ba55..ea258b1 100755
--- a/appveyor/install.ps1
+++ b/appveyor/install.ps1
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # Authors: Olivier Grisel, Jonathan Helmus, Kyle Kastner, and Alex Willmer
 # License: CC0 1.0 Universal: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
 
-$MINICONDA_URL = "http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/"
 $BASE_URL = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"
 $GET_PIP_URL = "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
 $GET_PIP_PATH = "C:\get-pip.py"
@@ -169,58 +168,6 @@ function InstallPip ($python_home) {
 }
 
 
-function DownloadMiniconda ($python_version, $platform_suffix) {
-    if ($python_version -eq "3.4") {
-        $filename = "Miniconda3-3.5.5-Windows-" + $platform_suffix + ".exe"
-    } else {
-        $filename = "Miniconda-3.5.5-Windows-" + $platform_suffix + ".exe"
-    }
-    $url = $MINICONDA_URL + $filename
-    $filepath = Download $filename $url
-    return $filepath
-}
-
-
-function InstallMiniconda ($python_version, $architecture, $python_home) {
-    Write-Host "Installing Python" $python_version "for" $architecture "bit architecture to" $python_home
-    if (Test-Path $python_home) {
-        Write-Host $python_home "already exists, skipping."
-        return $false
-    }
-    if ($architecture -eq "32") {
-        $platform_suffix = "x86"
-    } else {
-        $platform_suffix = "x86_64"
-    }
-    $filepath = DownloadMiniconda $python_version $platform_suffix
-    Write-Host "Installing" $filepath "to" $python_home
-    $install_log = $python_home + ".log"
-    $args = "/S /D=$python_home"
-    Write-Host $filepath $args
-    Start-Process -FilePath $filepath -ArgumentList $args -Wait -Passthru
-    if (Test-Path $python_home) {
-        Write-Host "Python $python_version ($architecture) installation complete"
-    } else {
-        Write-Host "Failed to install Python in $python_home"
-        Get-Content -Path $install_log
-        Exit 1
-    }
-}
-
-
-function InstallMinicondaPip ($python_home) {
-    $pip_path = $python_home + "\Scripts\pip.exe"
-    $conda_path = $python_home + "\Scripts\conda.exe"
-    if (-not(Test-Path $pip_path)) {
-        Write-Host "Installing pip..."
-        $args = "install --yes pip"
-        Write-Host $conda_path $args
-        Start-Process -FilePath "$conda_path" -ArgumentList $args -Wait -Passthru
-    } else {
-        Write-Host "pip already installed."
-    }
-}
-
 function main () {
     InstallPython $env:PYTHON_VERSION $env:PYTHON_ARCH $env:PYTHON
     InstallPip $env:PYTHON