diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 1b3f589..9e9ae34 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ environment:
     PROJECT_NAME: rustfmt
   matrix:
     - TARGET: x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
-      CHANNEL: stable
 
 install:
   - ps: Start-FileDownload "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/channel-rust-stable"
   - ps: $env:RUST_VERSION = Get-Content channel-rust-stable | select -first 1 | %{$_.split('-')[1]}
-  - if NOT "%CHANNEL%" == "stable" set RUST_VERSION=%CHANNEL%
   - SET RUST_URL=https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-${env:RUST_VERSION}-${env:TARGET}.exe
   - SET PATH=C:\Rust\bin;C:\msys64\mingw64\bin;%PATH%;C:\msys64\usr\bin
   - ps: Start-FileDownload $env:RUST_URL -FileName rust-dist.exe