diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 7001cd4c..cd1b470a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -11,26 +11,29 @@ environment:
   matrix:
     - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
       EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: ""
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
-      EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-openssl"
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
-      EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-thread-support"
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
-      EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-debug-mode"
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
-      EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-malloc-replacement"
     - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
       EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: ""
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
-      EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON"
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
-      EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT=ON"
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
-      EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_DEBUG_MODE=ON"
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
-      EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_MM_REPLACEMENT=ON"
-    - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
-      EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE'"
+    # Since we have FREE billing plan, let's reduce amount of builds to make
+    # primary two runs/starts faster.
+    #
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
+    #   EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-openssl"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
+    #   EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-thread-support"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
+    #   EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-debug-mode"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "autotools"
+    #   EVENT_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: "--disable-malloc-replacement"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
+    #   EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
+    #   EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT=ON"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
+    #   EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_DEBUG_MODE=ON"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
+    #   EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEVENT__DISABLE_MM_REPLACEMENT=ON"
+    # - EVENT_BUILD_METHOD: "cmake"
+    #   EVENT_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS='-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE'"
 init:
   - 'echo Building libevent %version% for Windows'
   - 'echo System architecture: %PLATFORM%'