diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index a7eedc310..093a86996 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install:
   # it and 'pythonX.X' will mean what we want it to. E.g. for 'TOXENV=py37',
   # this will save a 'python3.7.bat' file containing "@C:\Python27\python %*"
   # Credit: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201509/appveyor.html
-  - "python -c \"import os; open('python{0}.{1}.bat'.format(*os.environ['TOXENV'][2:4]), 'w').write('@{0}\\\\python \\x25*\\n'.format(os.environ['PYTHON']))\""
+  - "python -c \"import os; open('python{0}.{1}.bat'.format(*os.environ['TOXENV'][2:4]), 'w').write('@{0}\\\\python \\x25*\\n'.format(os.environ['PYTHON_HOME']))\""
 
 
 build: false