diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 888351a..111879c 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 ^CODE_OF_CONDUCT\.md$
 ^LICENSE\.MD$
 ^.travis\.yml$
-^appveyor\.yml$
 ^coverage.sh$
 ^CONTRIBUTING\.md$
 ^test\.sh$
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4dbfbf8..fe5c3de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
             r-version: 'release'
           - os: macos-latest
             r-version: 'release'
+          - os: windows-latest
+            r-version: 'release'
     steps:
       - name: checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c734733..569985c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# development
+## NEW FEATURES
+
+## CHANGES
+
+## BUGFIXES
+
 # pkgnet 0.6.1
 ## NEW FEATURES
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eef45d9..6b6d14b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 [![CRAN\_Status\_Badge](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version-last-release/pkgnet)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=pkgnet) 
 [![CRAN\_Download\_Badge](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/pkgnet)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=pkgnet) 
 [![GitHub Actions Build Status](https://github.com/uptake/pkgnet/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/uptake/pkgnet/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amain)
-[![Appveyor Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/uptake/pkgnet?branch=main&svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/jameslamb/pkgnet)
 [![Lifecycle badge](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/figures/lifecycle-stable.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
 
 ## Introduction
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eee8286..0000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# DO NOT CHANGE the "init" and "install" sections below
-platform: x64
-
-environment:
-  R_VERSION: stable
-  R_ARCH: x64
-  GCC_PATH: mingw_64
-  CRAN: https://cran.rstudio.com
-  #PKGTYPE: win.binary
-  USE_RTOOLS: true
-
-# Download script file from GitHub
-init:
-  ps: |
-        $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-        Invoke-WebRequest https://raw.github.com/krlmlr/r-appveyor/main/scripts/appveyor-tool.ps1 -OutFile "..\appveyor-tool.ps1"
-        Import-Module '..\appveyor-tool.ps1'
-
-install:
-  ps: Bootstrap
-
-cache:
-  - C:\RLibrary
-
-# Adapt as necessary starting from here
-
-build_script:
-  - where gcc
-  - gcc --version
-  - travis-tool.sh install_deps
-
-test_script:
-  - travis-tool.sh run_tests
-
-on_failure:
-  - 7z a failure.zip *.Rcheck\*
-  - appveyor PushArtifact failure.zip
-
-artifacts:
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.log'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.out'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.fail'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '*.Rcheck\**\*.Rout'
-    name: Logs
-
-  - path: '\*_*.tar.gz'
-    name: Bits
-
-  - path: '\*_*.zip'
-    name: Bits