diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 183deb339..567afd200 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 version: 0.10.{build}
 skip_tags: true
 image:
-  - Visual Studio 2017
   - Ubuntu
 environment:
   APPVEYOR_YML_DISABLE_PS_LINUX: true
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ build_script:
 test: off
 before_deploy:
 - ps: ${env:release_description} = ( Get-Content -LiteralPath BuildOutput/ReleaseNotes.txt -Encoding UTF8 ) -join "`n";
+- sh: release_description=$(cat BuildOutput/ReleaseNotes.txt)
 deploy:
 - provider: GitHub
   tag: v$(APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION)