I will prevail.

appveyor.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ install:
   - conda install -q setuptools numpy scipy matplotlib nose dateutil pandas wheel
   - pip install mando tstoolbox baker
   - mingw-get install gfortran
+  - mingw-get install w32api
 
 build: off
 
@@ -39,14 +40,14 @@ test_script:
   # Note that you must use the environment variable %PYTHON% to refer to
   # the interpreter you're using - Appveyor does not do anything special
   # to put the Python version you want to use on PATH.
-  - "build.cmd python.exe setup.py test --compiler=msvc"
+  - "build.cmd python.exe setup.py test"
 
 after_test:
   # This step builds your wheels.
   # Again, you only need build.cmd if you're building C extensions for
   # 64-bit Python 3.3/3.4. And you need to use %PYTHON% to get the correct
   # interpreter
-  - "build.cmd python.exe setup.py bdist_wheel --compiler=msvc"
+  - "build.cmd python.exe setup.py bdist_wheel"
 
 artifacts:
   # bdist_wheel puts your built wheel in the dist directory