diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6b26be5e..39868f05 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ environment:
     APVYR_RUN_MYSQL_TESTS: "true"
     APVYR_GENERATE_WHEELS: "false"
     APVYR_VERBOSE: "true"
-    # SDK v7.0 MSVC Express 2008's SetEnv.cmd script will fail if the
-    # /E:ON and /V:ON options are not enabled in the batch script interpreter
-    # http://stackoverflow.com/a/13751649/163740
-    # http://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/preprocessor/predefined-macros#microsoft-specific-predefined-macros
-    WITH_COMPILER: "cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\\appveyor\\compile.cmd"
     # database-related variables, which must match the "init:" and "services:" sections below
     # ref: https://www.appveyor.com/docs/services-databases/
     MSSQL_INSTANCE: "(local)\\SQL2019"
diff --git a/appveyor/after_test.cmd b/appveyor/after_test.cmd
index 04f14a22..5a6894f2 100644
--- a/appveyor/after_test.cmd
+++ b/appveyor/after_test.cmd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IF "%APVYR_GENERATE_WHEELS%" == "true" (
   "%PYTHON_HOME%\python" -m pip install build wheel --quiet --no-warn-script-location
   ECHO.
   ECHO *** Generate the wheel file
-  %WITH_COMPILER% "%PYTHON_HOME%\python" -m build --wheel --no-isolation
+  "%PYTHON_HOME%\python" -m build --wheel --no-isolation
   ECHO.
   ECHO *** \dist directory listing:
   DIR /B dist
diff --git a/appveyor/compile.cmd b/appveyor/compile.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c8ae718..00000000
--- a/appveyor/compile.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-:: To build extensions for 64 bit Python 2, we need to configure environment
-:: variables to use the MSVC 2008 C++ compilers from GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso of:
-:: MS Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 (SDK v7.0)
-::
-:: To build extensions for 64 bit Python 3, we need to configure environment
-:: variables to use the MSVC 2010 C++ compilers from GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso of:
-:: MS Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (SDK v7.1)
-::
-:: 32 bit builds, and 64-bit builds for 3.5 and beyond, do not require specific
-:: environment configurations.
-::
-:: Note: this script needs to be run with the /E:ON and /V:ON flags for the
-:: cmd interpreter, at least for (SDK v7.0)
-::
-:: More details at:
-:: https://github.com/cython/cython/wiki/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows
-:: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13751649/163740
-::
-:: Author: Olivier Grisel
-:: License: CC0 1.0 Universal: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
-::
-:: The repeated CALL commands at the end of this file look redundant, but
-:: if you move them outside the IF clauses, they do not run properly in
-:: the SET_SDK_64==Y case, I don't know why.
-@ECHO OFF
-
-SET COMMAND_TO_RUN=%*
-SET WIN_SDK_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows
-SET WIN_WDK=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\wdf
-
-:: Extract the major and minor versions of the current Python interpreter, and bitness
-FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`%PYTHON_HOME%\python -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write(str(sys.version_info.major))"`) DO (
-SET PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION=%%F
-)
-FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`%PYTHON_HOME%\python -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write(str(sys.version_info.minor))"`) DO (
-SET PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION=%%F
-)
-FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`%PYTHON_HOME%\python -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write('64' if sys.maxsize > 2**32 else '32')"`) DO (
-SET PYTHON_ARCH=%%F
-)
-ECHO Inferred Python version (major, minor, arch): %PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION% %PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION% %PYTHON_ARCH%
-
-:: Based on the Python version, determine what SDK version to use, and whether
-:: to set the SDK for 64-bit.
-IF %PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION% EQU 2 (
-    SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.0"
-    SET SET_SDK_64=Y
-) ELSE (
-    IF %PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION% EQU 3 (
-        SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.1"
-        IF %PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION% LEQ 4 (
-            SET SET_SDK_64=Y
-        ) ELSE (
-            SET SET_SDK_64=N
-            IF EXIST "%WIN_WDK%" (
-                :: See: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/1610302/
-                REN "%WIN_WDK%" 0wdf
-            )
-        )
-    ) ELSE (
-        ECHO Unsupported Python version: "%PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION%"
-        EXIT 1
-    )
-)
-
-IF %PYTHON_ARCH% EQU 64 (
-    IF %SET_SDK_64% == Y (
-        ECHO Configuring Windows SDK %WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION% for Python %PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION% on a 64 bit architecture
-        SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
-        SET MSSdk=1
-        "%WIN_SDK_ROOT%\%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%\Setup\WindowsSdkVer.exe" -q -version:%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%
-        "%WIN_SDK_ROOT%\%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%\Bin\SetEnv.cmd" /x64 /release
-        ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN%
-        CALL %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1
-    ) ELSE (
-        ECHO Using default MSVC build environment for 64 bit architecture
-        ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN%
-        CALL %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1
-    )
-) ELSE (
-    ECHO Using default MSVC build environment for 32 bit architecture
-    ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN%
-    CALL %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1
-)