diff --git a/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/PostProcessor/METAChecker.pm b/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/PostProcessor/METAChecker.pm
index 162c49d..84d7baf 100644
--- a/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/PostProcessor/METAChecker.pm
+++ b/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/PostProcessor/METAChecker.pm
@@ -19,44 +19,53 @@ sub process {
     my $repo_url = 'https://github.com/'
         . join '/', grep length, @{ $dist->{_builder} }{qw/repo_user  repo/};
 
+    if ( $repo_url eq $dist->{url} ) {
+        log info => "dist source URL is same as META repo URL ($repo_url)";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    my $code = Mojo::UserAgent->new( max_redirects => 5 )
+        ->get( $dist->{url} )->res->code;
+
+    log +( $code == 200 ? 'info' : 'error' ),
+        "HTTP $code when accessing dist source URL ($dist->{url})";
+
+    return unless $dist->{_builder}{is_fresh};
+
     my @problems;
     unless ($dist->{_builder}{has_manifest}) {
-        push @problems, problem("dist has no MANIFEST file", 3);
+        push @problems, problem "dist has no MANIFEST file", 3;
     }
 
     if ($dist->{_builder}{no_author_set}) {
-        push @problems, problem("dist has no author(s) specified", 3);
+        push @problems, problem "dist has no author(s) specified", 3;
     }
 
     if ($dist->{_builder}{has_no_readme}) {
-        push @problems, problem("dist has no readme", 1);
+        push @problems, problem "dist has no readme", 1;
     }
 
     if ($dist->{_builder}{mentions_old_tools}) {
-        push @problems, problem("dist mentions discouraged tools (panda, ufo etc.) in the readme", 2);
+        push @problems, problem "dist mentions discouraged tools (panda, ufo etc.) in the readme", 2;
     }
 
-    length $dist->{ $_ } or push @problems, problem("required `$_` field is missing", 5)
-        for qw/perl  name  version  description  provides/;
+    length $dist->{ $_ }
+        or push @problems, problem "required `$_` field is missing", 5
+    for qw/perl  name  version  description  provides/;
 
-    push @problems, problem("dist does not have any tags", 1)
+    push @problems, problem "dist does not have any tags", 1
         unless @{ $dist->{tags} };
 
-    push @problems, problem("dist does not have a version set", 5)
-        unless ($dist->{version} and $dist->{version} ne '*');
-
-    $dist->{problems} = \@problems;
-
-    if ( $repo_url eq $dist->{url} ) {
-        log info => "dist source URL is same as META repo URL ($repo_url)";
-        return;
+    if ($dist->{version}) {
+        push @problems, problem "dist has `*` version (it's invalid)", 5
+            if $dist->{version} eq '*';
+    }
+    else {
+        push @problems, problem "dist does not have a version set", 5
+            unless $dist->{version} and $dist->{version} ne '*';
     }
 
-    my $code = Mojo::UserAgent->new( max_redirects => 5 )
-        ->get( $dist->{url} )->res->code;
-
-    log +( $code == 200 ? 'info' : 'error' ),
-        "HTTP $code when accessing dist source URL ($dist->{url})";
+    $dist->{problems} = \@problems;
 
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/Source/GitHub.pm b/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/Source/GitHub.pm
index 6b2cfde..eb2cb70 100644
--- a/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/Source/GitHub.pm
+++ b/lib/ModulesPerl6/DbBuilder/Dist/Source/GitHub.pm
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ sub load {
     # if you add {_builder} stuff, ensure it still maintains correct stuff when dist has
     # no new commits and we bail out of this routine early.
     # (see conditional a dozen of lines above that `reinstates` travis status for example)
-    $dist->{_builder}{has_appveyor} = grep { $_->{path} =~ /\A \.? appveyor\.yml \z/x } @$tree;
-    $dist->{appveyor_status} = $dist->{_builder}{has_appveyor} ? 'unknown' : 'not set up';
+    $dist->{_builder}{has_appveyor}
+    = grep $_->{path} =~ /\A \.? appveyor\.yml \z/x, @$tree;
+
     $dist->{_builder}{has_travis} = grep $_->{path} eq '.travis.yml', @$tree;
     $dist->{_builder}{has_manifest} = grep $_->{path} eq 'MANIFEST', @$tree;
     my ($readme) = grep { $_->{path} =~ /^README/ } @$tree;