diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index de461ab52..def7990bd 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,66 +1,36 @@
 environment:
-  PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7.x"
-  PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
+  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.6
+  PYTHON_ARCH: 64
+  PYTHON: "C:\\Python36-x64"
   APPVEYOR_SAVE_CACHE_ON_ERROR: true
 
   matrix:
-    - TOXENV: py27
-    - PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7.x"
+    - TOXENV: py36
 
 pull_requests:
   do_not_increment_build_number: true
 
 install:
-  # If there is a newer build queued for the same PR, cancel this one.
-  # The AppVeyor 'rollout builds' option is supposed to serve the same
-  # purpose but it is problematic because it tends to cancel builds pushed
-  # directly to master instead of just PR builds (or the converse).
-  # credits: JuliaLang developers.
+  # If there is a newer build queued for same PR, cancel this one. Credit: JuliaLang devs
   - ps:
       if ($env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER -and $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER -ne ((Invoke-RestMethod `
       https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/$env:APPVEYOR_ACCOUNT_NAME/$env:APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG/history?recordsNumber=50).builds | `
       Where-Object pullRequestId -eq $env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER)[0].buildNumber) { `
       throw "There are newer queued builds for this pull request, failing early." }
-
-  - "python -m pip install --upgrade pip"
+  - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
+  - "python -VV"
   - if defined TOXENV (
-    pip install tox tox_venv
+    python -m pip install tox tox_venv
+    ) else (
+    python -m pip install -rrequirements.txt pygame bbfreeze pefile
     )
-  - if not defined TOXENV (
-    pip install
-    -rrequirements.txt
-    pygame
-    bbfreeze
-    pefile
-    )
-
-  - echo "Installing openssl...."
-  - if not exist openssl-1.1.0f-vs2008.7z (
-    echo "Downloading openssl...."
-    & appveyor-retry appveyor DownloadFile "https://www.npcglib.org/~stathis/downloads/openssl-1.1.0f-vs2008.7z"
-    )
-  - "7z x -oc:\\ -aoa openssl-1.1.0f-vs2008.7z"
-  - "rename c:\\openssl-1.1.0f-vs2008 openssl-1.1"
-  - "copy c:\\openssl-1.1\\bin\\libsslMD.dll c:\\openssl-1.1\\bin\\libssl-1_1.dll"
-  - "copy c:\\openssl-1.1\\bin\\libcryptoMD.dll c:\\openssl-1.1\\bin\\libcrypto-1_1.dll"
-
-  - echo "Installing libtorrent...."
-  - if not exist libtorrent.pyd (
-    echo "Downloading libtorrent...."
-    & appveyor-retry appveyor DownloadFile "https://github.com/doadin/libtorrent/releases/download/1.1.7.test/libtorrent.pyd"
-    )
-  - "copy /Y libtorrent.pyd c:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\libtorrent.pyd"
-  - "SET PATH=%TOXENV%;%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;c:\\openssl-1.1\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NSIS;%PATH%"
-
-  - "python --version"
-  - 'python -c "import struct; print(struct.calcsize(\"P\") * 8)"'
-  - 'python -c "import libtorrent; print(libtorrent.__version__)"'
+  - "SET PATH=C:\\OpenSSL-v11-Win64\\bin;%PATH%"
   - openssl version -v
+  - python -m pip install deluge-libtorrent
+  - 'python -c "import libtorrent; print(libtorrent.__version__)"'
 
 cache:
-  - openssl-1.1.0f-vs2008.7z
   - '%LOCALAPPDATA%\pip\cache'
-  - libtorrent.pyd
 
 build: false
 
@@ -71,6 +41,7 @@ test_script:
 # - if not defined TOXENV python setup.py build && python setup.py install
 # - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\\packaging\\win32
 # - if not defined TOXENV deluge-bbfreeze.py debug
+# - "SET PATH=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\NSIS;%PATH%"
 # - if not defined TOXENV makensis deluge-win32-installer.nsi
 # - if not defined TOXENV 7z a deluge-win32.zip build-win32 "-x!*.exe"
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 75bcebb40..1adf80c3e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ setenv =
 sitepackages = True
 deps = {[basetests]deps}
 commands =
+    python -VV
     python -c "import libtorrent as lt; print(lt.__version__)"
     pytest -m "not (todo or gtkui or security)" deluge/tests