diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index f97c57e..177fb5f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ install:
           $dependencies = "mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-static"
           C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S $dependencies"
           # (HACK) Replace libzstd.dll.a with libzstd.a to really static link qt
-          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "sed -i ""s/libzstd.dll.a/libzstd.a/g"" /mingw64/qt5-static/lib/*.prl"
-          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "sed -i ""s/libzstd.dll.a/libzstd.a/g"" /mingw64/qt5-static/share/qt5/plugins/*/*.prl"
+          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "rm /mingw64/lib/libzstd.dll.a && link /mingw64/lib/libzstd.a /mingw64/lib/libzstd.dll.a"
           # (HACK) ignore errors
           0
         }