diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 9335da3892..a08285efc5 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ environment:
     - job_name: 'CM VS2022, Release, x64, OpenSSL 3.5, Shared, Build-tests'
       APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2022'
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: 'Visual Studio 17 2022'
-      CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A x64 -DCURL_USE_SCHANNEL=OFF -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON'
+      CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A x64 -DENABLE_DEBUG=OFF -DCURL_USE_SCHANNEL=OFF -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON'
 
-    - job_name: 'CM VS2026, Release, arm64, Schannel, Static, !DEBUGBUILD, Build-tests'
+    - job_name: 'CM VS2026, Release, arm64, Schannel, Static, Build-tests'
       APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2026'
       CMAKE_VERSION: 4.2.1
       CMAKE_SHA256: dfc2b2afac257555e3b9ce375b12b2883964283a366c17fec96cf4d17e4f1677
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ environment:
       CMAKE_VERSION: 3.21.7
       CMAKE_SHA256: 4c4840e2dc2bf82e8a16081ff506bba54f3a228b91ce36317129fed4035ef2e3
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: 'Visual Studio 11 2012'
-      CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A Win32'
+      CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A Win32 -DENABLE_DEBUG=OFF'
 
     - job_name: 'CM VS2013, Debug, x64, Schannel, Shared'
       APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2015'
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ environment:
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: 'Visual Studio 18 2026'
       CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A x64 -T ClangCl -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON -DENABLE_UNICODE=ON'
 
-    - job_name: 'CM VS2022, Release, x64, Schannel, Shared, Unicode, !DEBUGBUILD, Build-tests'
+    - job_name: 'CM VS2022, Release, x64, Schannel, Shared, Unicode, Build-tests'
       APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2022'
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: 'Visual Studio 17 2022'
       ENABLE_UNICODE: 'ON'