diff --git a/.github/workflows/msvc-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/msvc-ci.yml
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: msvc
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  msvc:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-2016, windows-latest]
+        include:
+          - name: msvc-2017-x86
+            os: windows-2016
+            ARCH: x86
+          - name: msvc-2019-amd64
+            os: windows-latest
+            ARCH: amd64
+    name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+      - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+        with:
+          arch : ${{ matrix.ARCH }}
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade meson ninja fonttools
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          # This dir contains a pkg-config which meson will happily use and later fail, so remove it
+          $env:path = ($env:path.Split(';') | Where-Object { $_ -ne 'C:\Strawberry\perl\bin' }) -join ';'
+
+          meson setup build `
+            --wrap-mode=default `
+            --buildtype=release `
+            -Dglib=enabled `
+            -Dfreetype=enabled `
+            -Dgdi=enabled `
+            -Ddirectwrite=enabled
+
+          meson compile -C build
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          meson test --print-errorlogs --suite=harfbuzz -C build
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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-platform: x64
-
-environment:
-  matrix:
-    - vcvarsallpath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat
-      arch: amd64
-
-    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2017
-      vcvarsallpath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat
-      arch: x86
-
-    - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
-      vcvarsallpath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat
-      arch: amd64
-
-build_script:
-  - set "PYTHON_ROOT=C:\python37-x64"
-  - set "PATH=%PYTHON_ROOT%;%PYTHON_ROOT%\Scripts;%PATH%"
-  - pip install --upgrade meson fonttools
-  - '"%vcvarsallpath%" %arch% && meson setup build --wrap-mode=default --buildtype=release -Dglib=enabled -Dfreetype=enabled -Dgdi=enabled -Ddirectwrite=enabled && meson test --print-errorlogs --suite=harfbuzz -Cbuild'
-
-cache:
-  - c:\tools\vcpkg\installed\
-
-notifications:
-  - provider: Email
-    to:
-      - harfbuzz-bots-chatter@googlegroups.com
-    on_build_success: false
-    on_build_failure: true
-    on_build_status_changed: true
-
-# Do not build feature branch with open Pull Requests
-skip_branch_with_pr: true
-
-# disable automatic tests
-test: off