diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 07be549be..4282e2a41 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ test_script:
     )
   - if "%BUILD_TYPE%" == "cabal" (
         cabal --version &&
-        ghc --version &&
         cabal --store-dir="%CABAL_STORE%" new-update &&
         cabal --store-dir="%CABAL_STORE%" new-install -w C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\ghc\tools\ghc-8.6.1\bin\ghc.exe --symlink-bindir=. %CABAL_BUILD_OPTS% . pandoc-citeproc
     )