diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 175bf4dee..16198f6a7 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@ image: Visual Studio 2017
 
 clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\containerd\containerd
 
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
+
 environment:
   GOPATH: C:\gopath
   CGO_ENABLED: 1
 
 before_build:
   - choco install -y mingw
-  - choco install codecov
+  # TODO: re-enable once the content unit-test have been updated to pass on windows
+  #- choco install codecov
 
 build_script:
   - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe fmt"
@@ -22,9 +27,11 @@ test_script:
   # TODO: need an equivalent of TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE
   # - GIT_CHECK_EXCLUDE="./vendor" TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE="${TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE/.../..}" C:\MinGW\bin\mingw32-make.exe dco
   - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe integration"
-  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe coverage"
-  - bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe root-coverage"
+  # TODO: re-enable once the content unit-test have been updated to pass on windows
+  #- bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe coverage"
+  #- bash.exe -lc "export PATH=/c/tools/mingw64/bin:/c/gopath/src/github.com/containerd/containerd/bin:$PATH ; mingw32-make.exe root-coverage"
 
 on_success:
   # Note that, a Codecov upload token is not required.
-  - codecov -f coverage.txt
+  # TODO: re-enable once the content unit-test have been updated to pass on windows
+  #- codecov -f coverage.txt