diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index fc3d7b71..20618f1f 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ environment:
 install:
   - set PATH=c:\msys64\%MSYSTEM%\bin;c:\msys64\usr\bin;%PATH%
   - if defined MSVC call "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" %MSVC%
-  - if defined MSVC pacman --noconfirm -Rsc mingw-w64-%CPU%-gcc gcc
   - bash -c "python3 -c \"import re; f='c:/msys64/etc/pacman.conf'; c=open(f).read(); open(f,'w').write(re.sub(r'^SigLevel\s*=.*$', 'SigLevel = Never', c, flags=re.MULTILINE))\""
   - pacman --noconfirm -Syuu
   - pacman --noconfirm -S msys2-keyring
   - bash -c "python3 -c \"import re; f='c:/msys64/etc/pacman.conf'; c=open(f).read(); open(f,'w').write(re.sub(r'^SigLevel\s*=.*$', 'SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional', c, flags=re.MULTILINE))\""
   - pacman --noconfirm -Syuu
+  - if defined MSVC pacman --noconfirm -Rsc mingw-w64-%CPU%-gcc gcc
   - pacman --noconfirm -S autoconf
 
 build_script: