diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 450e4c27b..14b1a64a1 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -16,29 +16,24 @@ install:
 - curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jon-turney/0338af595313f598bfab15a0ac0df847/raw/bd0eeca6be899e7846aa988fbcf15e4e12f5f842/zp_libtool_cleanlafiles.sh -o %CYGWIN_ROOT%\etc\postinstall\zp_libtool_cleanlafiles.sh
 - echo Updating Cygwin and installing build prerequisites
 - "%CYGWIN_ROOT%\\%SETUP% -qnNdO -R %CYGWIN_ROOT% -s %CYGWIN_MIRROR% -l %CACHE% -g -P \
-meson,\
 binutils,\
 bison,\
-bzip2,\
-diffutils,\
-fileutils,\
-findutils,\
 flex,\
-gawk,\
 gcc-core,\
-make,\
-patch,\
+meson,\
+ninja,\
 pkg-config,\
 python3,\
-sed,\
-tar,\
-xorgproto,\
 windowsdriproto,\
+xorgproto,\
 libdmx-devel,\
+libepoxy-devel,\
 libfontenc-devel,\
 libfreetype-devel,\
 libGL-devel,\
+libnettle-devel,\
 libpixman1-devel,\
+libtirpc-devel,\
 libX11-devel,\
 libXRes-devel,\
 libXau-devel,\
@@ -63,17 +58,12 @@ libxcb-shape-devel,\
 libxcb-util-devel,\
 libxcb-xkb-devel,\
 libxkbfile-devel,\
-zlib,\
 font-util,\
 khronos-opengl-registry,\
 python3-lxml,\
-xorg-util-macros,\
-xtrans,\
-xkbcomp,\
+xkbcomp-devel,\
 xkeyboard-config,\
-libnettle-devel,\
-libepoxy-devel,\
-libtirpc-devel"
+xtrans"
 - echo Install done
 cache:
 - C:\cache