diff --git a/appveyor-deploy.ps1 b/appveyor-deploy.ps1
index da8eef7..2819939 100644
--- a/appveyor-deploy.ps1
+++ b/appveyor-deploy.ps1
@@ -2,13 +2,4 @@ if ($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG -eq "false")
 {
     $env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME = $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION
 }
-else
-{
-    if ($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME -split "" -contains "a")
-    {
-        # terminate build to avoid release looping
-        # which will anger the AppVeyor gods.
-        Exit-AppVeyorBuild
-    }
-}
 $env:APPVEYOR_CACHE_ENTRY_ZIP_ARGS = "-t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9"
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index eeca8ac..bb9d5e8 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-version: 1.0.0.0a{build}
+version: 1.0.0.{build}
+skip_tags: true
 branches:
   except:
   - next
@@ -39,16 +40,5 @@ deploy:
   artifact: myartifact
   prerelease: false
   force_update: true
-  on:
-    APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG: true
-- provider: GitHub
-  release: $(APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME)
-  description: '$(APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT_MESSAGE) - $(APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH)'
-  auth_token:
-    secure: oHqKZpK6huL4v9LT6ifeFb/MA3vI1NRlN66jP+qbI7DiGhV0ZF3L7xmTeJR+OEFG
-#   repository: Elskom/Els_kom_builds
-  artifact: myartifact
-  prerelease: true
-  force_update: true
   on:
     APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG: false