diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index f040493e5..49f862666 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ install:
   - cmd: call %CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN%\Scripts\activate.bat
   - cmd: conda config --set show_channel_urls true
   - cmd: conda config --add channels conda-forge
-  - cmd: conda update --yes --quiet conda
+  #- cmd: conda update --yes --quiet conda
   - cmd: conda install -y pyzmq tornado jupyter_client nbformat nbconvert ipykernel pip nodejs nose
   - cmd: pip install .[test]