diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index ed7197fcb..c8cbd30b1 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ cache:
 build: off
 environment:
     PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
+    PYTHON: C:\Python36\python.exe
     matrix:
     - TESTENV: py36-pyqt58
-      PYTHON: C:\Python36\python.exe
     - TESTENV: pylint
 
 install:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8a52e217b..ea30c7236 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ commands =
     {envpython} scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
 
 [testenv:pylint]
-basepython = python3
+basepython = {env:PYTHON:python3}
 ignore_errors = true
 passenv =
 deps =