diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index f94b8804f..e661a74ea 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ environment:
       BASH: C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash
       CC: gcc
 
-branches:
-  except:
-    - hash-mode-plugin
-
 # if we have too many commits at the same time, we might need to download more than just the last commit for appveyor to succeed
 # otherwise we get the error: "fatal: reference is not a tree <commit>"
 clone_depth: 15