diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index db4528366..248464eec 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ after_build:
     .\.cabal-sandbox\bin\pandoc.exe -s --template data\templates\default.rtf COPYING -t rtf -S -o COPYING.rtf
     copy COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT.txt
     for /f "tokens=2 delims= " %%a in ('.\.cabal-sandbox\bin\pandoc --version') do set "VERSION=%%a"
-    :next
     if "%VERSION%" == "" (
         echo Error: could not determine version number.
         exit /b 1