diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index cb838712..9d68fb13 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -51,21 +51,6 @@ configuration: Debug
 # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-generators.7.html#visual-studio-generators
 environment:
   matrix:
-    # Visual Studio 2008 Win32
-    - GENERATOR: Visual Studio 9 2008
-      PLATFORM: Win32
-      EXPAT_DLL: libexpatd.dll
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2013
-      PREPEND_TO_PATH: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5;
-
-    # Visual Studio 2008 Win32 XML_UNICODE_WCHAR_T
-    - GENERATOR: Visual Studio 9 2008
-      PLATFORM: Win32
-      CMAKE_ARGS: -DEXPAT_CHAR_TYPE=wchar_t
-      EXPAT_DLL: libexpatwd.dll
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2013
-      PREPEND_TO_PATH: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5;
-
     # Visual Studio 2010 Win32
     - GENERATOR: Visual Studio 10 2010
       PLATFORM: Win32
@@ -226,7 +211,6 @@ environment:
 before_build:
   - echo Running cmake...
   - cd c:\projects\libexpat
-  - set path=%PREPEND_TO_PATH%%path%
   - cmake -G"%GENERATOR%" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%CONFIGURATION% -DEXPAT_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON %CMAKE_ARGS% expat
 
 build_script: