diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 351fe371..4fbc620c 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ version: '{build}'
 build: off
 environment:
   global:
-    # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/appveyor.html
-    WITH_COMPILER: "cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\\ci\\appveyor-with-compiler.cmd"
+    WITH_COMPILER: "cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\\scripts\\appveyor\\run_with_compiler.cmd"
   matrix:
     - TOXENV: "py27"
       TOXPYTHON: "C:\\Python27-x64\\python.exe"
@@ -15,8 +14,7 @@ init:
   - "ECHO %TOXENV%"
   - ps: "ls C:\\Python*"
 install:
-  # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/appveyor.html
-  - "powershell ci\\appveyor-bootstrap.ps1"
+  - "powershell scripts\\appveyor\\install.ps1"
 test_script:
   - "%PYTHON_HOME%\\Scripts\\tox --version"
   - "%PYTHON_HOME%\\Scripts\\pip --version"
diff --git a/scripts/appveyor/install.ps1 b/scripts/appveyor/install.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3eafeaf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/appveyor/install.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/appveyor.html
+# Sample script to install Python and pip under Windows
+# Authors: Olivier Grisel and Kyle Kastner
+# License: CC0 1.0 Universal: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+
+$BASE_URL = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"
+$GET_PIP_URL = "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
+$GET_PIP_PATH = "C:\get-pip.py"
+
+
+function DownloadPython ($python_version, $platform_suffix) {
+    $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+    $filename = "python-" + $python_version + $platform_suffix + ".msi"
+    $url = $BASE_URL + $python_version + "/" + $filename
+
+    $basedir = $pwd.Path + "\"
+    $filepath = $basedir + $filename
+    if (Test-Path $filename) {
+        Write-Host "Reusing" $filepath
+        return $filepath
+    }
+
+    # Download and retry up to 5 times in case of network transient errors.
+    Write-Host "Downloading" $filename "from" $url
+    $retry_attempts = 3
+    for($i=0; $i -lt $retry_attempts; $i++){
+        try {
+            $webclient.DownloadFile($url, $filepath)
+            break
+        }
+        Catch [Exception]{
+            Start-Sleep 1
+        }
+   }
+   Write-Host "File saved at" $filepath
+   return $filepath
+}
+
+
+function InstallPython ($python_version, $architecture, $python_home) {
+    Write-Host "Installing Python" $python_version "for" $architecture "bit architecture to" $python_home
+    if (Test-Path $python_home) {
+        Write-Host $python_home "already exists, skipping."
+        return $false
+    }
+    if ($architecture -eq "32") {
+        $platform_suffix = ""
+    } else {
+        $platform_suffix = ".amd64"
+    }
+    $filepath = DownloadPython $python_version $platform_suffix
+    Write-Host "Installing" $filepath "to" $python_home
+    $args = "/qn /i $filepath TARGETDIR=$python_home"
+    Write-Host "msiexec.exe" $args
+    Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList $args -Wait -Passthru
+    Write-Host "Python $python_version ($architecture) installation complete"
+    return $true
+}
+
+
+function InstallPip ($python_home) {
+    $pip_path = $python_home + "/Scripts/pip.exe"
+    $python_path = $python_home + "/python.exe"
+    if (-not(Test-Path $pip_path)) {
+        Write-Host "Installing pip..."
+        $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+        $webclient.DownloadFile($GET_PIP_URL, $GET_PIP_PATH)
+        Write-Host "Executing:" $python_path $GET_PIP_PATH
+        Start-Process -FilePath "$python_path" -ArgumentList "$GET_PIP_PATH" -Wait -Passthru
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "pip already installed."
+    }
+}
+
+function InstallPackage ($python_home, $pkg) {
+    $pip_path = $python_home + "/Scripts/pip.exe"
+    & $pip_path install $pkg
+}
+
+function main () {
+    InstallPython $env:PYTHON_VERSION $env:PYTHON_ARCH $env:PYTHON
+    InstallPip $env:PYTHON
+    InstallPackage $env:PYTHON wheel
+}
+
+main
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diff --git a/scripts/appveyor/run_with_compiler.cmd b/scripts/appveyor/run_with_compiler.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a75d18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/appveyor/run_with_compiler.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+:: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/appveyor.html
+:: To build extensions for 64 bit Python 3, we need to configure environment
+:: variables to use the MSVC 2010 C++ compilers from GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso of:
+:: MS Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (SDK v7.1)
+::
+:: To build extensions for 64 bit Python 2, we need to configure environment
+:: variables to use the MSVC 2008 C++ compilers from GRMSDKX_EN_DVD.iso of:
+:: MS Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 (SDK v7.0)
+::
+:: 32 bit builds do not require specific environment configurations.
+::
+:: Note: this script needs to be run with the /E:ON and /V:ON flags for the
+:: cmd interpreter, at least for (SDK v7.0)
+::
+:: More details at:
+:: https://github.com/cython/cython/wiki/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows
+:: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13751649/163740
+::
+:: Author: Olivier Grisel
+:: License: CC0 1.0 Universal: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+@ECHO OFF
+
+SET COMMAND_TO_RUN=%*
+SET WIN_SDK_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows
+
+SET MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION="%PYTHON_VERSION:~0,1%"
+IF %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% == "2" (
+    SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.0"
+) ELSE IF %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% == "3" (
+    SET WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION="v7.1"
+) ELSE (
+    ECHO Unsupported Python version: "%MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION%"
+    EXIT 1
+)
+
+IF "%PYTHON_ARCH%"=="64" (
+    ECHO Configuring Windows SDK %WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION% for Python %MAJOR_PYTHON_VERSION% on a 64 bit architecture
+    SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
+    SET MSSdk=1
+    "%WIN_SDK_ROOT%\%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%\Setup\WindowsSdkVer.exe" -q -version:%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%
+    "%WIN_SDK_ROOT%\%WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION%\Bin\SetEnv.cmd" /x64 /release
+    ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN%
+    call %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1
+) ELSE (
+    ECHO Using default MSVC build environment for 32 bit architecture
+    ECHO Executing: %COMMAND_TO_RUN%
+    call %COMMAND_TO_RUN% || EXIT 1
+)
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