diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3368287..0000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-version: 1.0.{build}
-skip_branch_with_pr: true
-image: Visual Studio 2019
-environment:
-  WEBHOOK_URL:
-    secure: gOKbXaZM9ImtMD5XrYITvdyZUW/az082G9OIN1EC1Vbg57wBaeLhi49uGjxPw5GVujHku6kxN6ab89zhbS5GVeluR76GM83IbKV4Sh7udXzoYZZdg6YudtYHzdhCgUeiedpswbuczTq9ceIkkfSEWZuh/lMAAVVwvcGsJAnoPFw=
-build:
-  parallel: true
-build_script:
-- pwsh: >-
-    $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-
-    git clone --depth=1 --no-single-branch https://github.com/ModOrganizer2/modorganizer-umbrella.git c:\projects\modorganizer-umbrella
-
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path c:\projects\modorganizer-build
-
-    cd c:\projects\modorganizer-umbrella
-    
-    ($env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REPO_BRANCH -eq $null) ? ($branch = $env:APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH) : ($branch = $env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REPO_BRANCH)
-
-    git checkout $(git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/remotes/origin/${branch} || echo '-b') ${branch}
-
-    C:\Python37-x64\python.exe unimake.py -d c:\projects\modorganizer-build -s Appveyor_Build=True ${env:APPVEYOR_PROJECT_NAME}
-    
-    if($LastExitCode -ne 0) { $host.SetShouldExit($LastExitCode )  }
-artifacts:
-- path: vsbuild\src\RelWithDebInfo\proxy\plugin_python.dll
-  name: plugin_python_dll
-- path: vsbuild\src\RelWithDebInfo\proxy\plugin_python.pdb
-  name: plugin_python_pdb
-- path: vsbuild\src\RelWithDebInfo\proxy\plugin_python.lib
-  name: plugin_python_lib
-- path: vsbuild\src\RelWithDebInfo\runner\pythonrunner.dll
-  name: pythonrunner_dll
-- path: vsbuild\src\RelWithDebInfo\runner\pythonrunner.pdb
-  name: pythonrunner_pdb
-- path: vsbuild\src\RelWithDebInfo\runner\pythonrunner.lib
-  name: pythonrunner_lib
-on_success:
-  - ps: Set-Location -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER
-  - ps: Invoke-RestMethod https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DiscordHooks/appveyor-discord-webhook/master/send.ps1 -o send.ps1
-  - ps: ./send.ps1 success $env:WEBHOOK_URL
-on_failure:
-  - ps: Set-Location -Path $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER
-  - ps: Push-AppveyorArtifact ${env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER}\stdout.log
-  - ps: Push-AppveyorArtifact ${env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER}\stderr.log
-  - ps: Invoke-RestMethod https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DiscordHooks/appveyor-discord-webhook/master/send.ps1 -o send.ps1
-  - ps: ./send.ps1 failure $env:WEBHOOK_URL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/runner/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/runner/CMakeLists.txt
index 73e344c..800b593 100644
--- a/tests/runner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/runner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,17 +5,23 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
 
 # first we configure the tests as with other tests
 add_executable(runner-tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 mo2_configure_tests(runner-tests WARNINGS OFF)
 
 set_target_properties(runner-tests PROPERTIES FOLDER tests/runner)
 
+# link to runner
+target_link_libraries(runner-tests PUBLIC runner)
+
+# linking to Python - this is not required to get proper linking but required so that
+# CMake generator variables will lookup appropriate DLLs for Python and update PATH
+# accordingly thanks to mo2_configure_tests
+target_link_libraries(runner-tests PUBLIC Python::Python)
+
 # add mocks
 target_include_directories(runner-tests
     PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../mocks)
 
-# link to runner
-target_link_libraries(runner-tests PUBLIC runner)
-
 set(PYLIB_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pylibs)
 mo2_python_pip_install(runner-tests
 	DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pylibs
@@ -26,20 +32,11 @@ mo2_python_pip_install(runner-tests
 
 add_dependencies(runner-tests mobase)
 
-# we set multiple properties, including:
-# - updated PATH for DLLs (Qt, etc.), Python and runner
-# - PYTHONPATH
-
 set(pythoncore "${PYTHON_ROOT}/PCbuild/amd64/pythoncore")
 set(pythoncorezip "${pythoncore}/python${Python_VERSION_SHORT}.zip")
 set(PYTHONPATH "${PYLIB_DIR}\\;$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:mobase>\\;${pythoncore}\\;${pythoncorezip}")
 
-set(extra_paths "${MO2_INSTALL_PATH}/bin/dlls")
-string(APPEND extra_paths "\\;${PYTHON_ROOT}/PCbuild/amd64")
-string(APPEND extra_paths "\\;$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:runner>")
 set_tests_properties(${runner-tests_gtests}
     PROPERTIES
-    ENVIRONMENT "PLUGIN_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins"
-    ENVIRONMENT_MODIFICATION
-    "PATH=path_list_prepend:${extra_paths};PYTHONPATH=set:${PYTHONPATH}"
+    ENVIRONMENT "PLUGIN_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins;PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}"
 )