diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 5dff3a17..2b74d36a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ test_script:
 after_test:
   - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
   - C:\Python27\Scripts\sphinx-build -b html docs build\docs\html
+  - set PATH=%PATH%;C:\cygwin\bin\
   - node scripts\potomo.js
   - node scripts\archive.js
   # AppVeyor checks out a specific commit, but that means the archive script
diff --git a/scripts/potomo.js b/scripts/potomo.js
index f76a03d0..1ad999ea 100644
--- a/scripts/potomo.js
+++ b/scripts/potomo.js
@@ -7,25 +7,6 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const helpers = require('./helpers');
 
-function getMsgfmtPath() {
-  const paths = [
-    path.join('C:\\', 'Program Files (x86)', 'Poedit', 'GettextTools', 'bin', 'msgfmt.exe'),
-    path.join('C:\\', 'cygwin', 'bin', 'msgfmt.exe'),
-    path.join('/', 'usr', 'bin', 'msgfmt'),
-  ];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < paths.length; i += 1) {
-    if (helpers.fileExists(paths[i])) {
-      return paths[i];
-    }
-  }
-
-  throw new Error('No msgfmt.exe found!');
-}
-
-/* This isn't portable to Linux but it doesn't (yet?) need to be. */
-const msgfmtPath = getMsgfmtPath();
-
 let rootPath = '.';
 if (process.argv.length > 2) {
   rootPath = process.argv[2];
@@ -40,7 +21,7 @@ fs.readdirSync(l10nPath).forEach((file) => {
 
       fs.accessSync(poPath, fs.R_OK);
 
-      childProcess.execFileSync(msgfmtPath, [
+      childProcess.execFileSync('msgfmt', [
         poPath,
         '-o',
         moPath,