diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 0f970d98b..1a5123702 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cache:
 build: off
 environment:
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
+    VIRTUALENV_DOWNLOAD: no
     matrix:
     - TESTENV: py34
     - TESTENV: unittests-frozen
diff --git a/scripts/dev/ci/appveyor_install.py b/scripts/dev/ci/appveyor_install.py
index 49c0fb7c4..17cda9876 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/ci/appveyor_install.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/ci/appveyor_install.py
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ print("Installing PyQt5...")
 subprocess.check_call([r'C:\install-PyQt5.exe', '/S'])
 
 print("Installing pip/tox")
-pip_install(r'scripts\dev\ci\requirements-pip.txt')
-pip_install(r'scripts\dev\ci\requirements-tox.txt')
+pip_install(r'-rscripts\dev\ci\requirements-pip.txt')
+pip_install(r'-rscripts\dev\ci\requirements-tox.txt')
 
 print("Linking Python...")
 with open(r'C:\Windows\system32\python3.bat', 'w') as f: