diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 4d2500643..68e512390 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -37,15 +37,14 @@ cache:
 install:
 - curl -skL -ostack.zip http://www.stackage.org/stack/windows-x86_64
 - 7z x stack.zip stack.exe
+- stack --version
 # install ghc
 # using 8.2 to avoid a hledger-web -> network/stack build issue on windows
 # https://github.com/haskell/network/issues/313
 # https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/3944
 # network 2.7.0.1 should work around it when released
 - stack --stack-yaml=stack-ghc8.2.yaml setup
-# 20180530 no happy today; guess we must ensure it
-- set PATH=C:\Users\appveyor\AppData\Roaming\local\bin;%PATH%
-- stack install happy
+#- set PATH=C:\Users\appveyor\AppData\Roaming\local\bin;%PATH%
 #- stack install shelltestrunner
 
 # -j1 was a temporary workaround for https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/424, https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/2617, should be unnecessary with ghc 8.2.1+