diff --git a/scripts/ci-appveyor-setup b/scripts/ci-appveyor-setup
index 984c07b..df0c412 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-appveyor-setup
+++ b/scripts/ci-appveyor-setup
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
 icu_url="http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/60.2/${icu_source}"
 icu_hash="63232d6c15f725a60c14465b0479995b488b51288517e522abebdf5996fac7f214c424520bdbedb4c0801ea85ea7ad35de13e00512a25c1399cb827b0aca4744"
 
-ninja_binary="ninja-win.zip"
-ninja_url="https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/${ninja_binary}"
-ninja_hash="9b9ce248240665fcd6404b989f3b3c27ed9682838225e6dc9b67b551774f251e4ff8a207504f941e7c811e7a8be1945e7bcb94472a335ef15e23a0200a32e6d5"
-
-
 if [ "$msgloader" = "icu" ] || [ "$transcoder" = icu ]; then
     cd "$AV_XERCES_CYG_DOWNLOAD"
     download_file "$icu_url" "$icu_source" "$icu_hash"
@@ -46,11 +41,3 @@
     rm -rf icu
     7z x "${AV_XERCES_DOWNLOAD}\\$icu_source"
 fi
-
-if [ "$generator" = "Ninja" ]; then
-    cd "$AV_XERCES_CYG_DOWNLOAD"
-    download_file "$ninja_url" "$ninja_binary" "$ninja_hash"
-    cd "$AV_XERCES_CYG_TOOLS"
-    rm -f ninja
-    7z e "${AV_XERCES_DOWNLOAD}\\$ninja_binary"
-fi