diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6169750b20..97dbecb85c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ configure_file(${pdal_features_hpp_in} ${pdal_features_hpp})
 # subdirectory controls
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# PDAL_TARGET_OBJECTS is used to collect the driver object libraries
-set(PDAL_TARGET_OBJECTS "")
-
 if (WITH_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
 endif()
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 817f441157..6db271331e 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test_script:
   - call %OSGEO4W_ROOT%\bin\py3_env.bat
   - set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin;%PATH%
   - set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\7-Zip;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Tools\GitVersion;C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\
-  - ctest -V --output-on-failure -C Release
+  - ctest -V --output-on-failure -C RelWithDebInfo
 
 artifacts:
   - path: pdal-$(APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT).tar.bz2