diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index acae29ab3..569653c1d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ clone_depth: 1
 #   - ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/ci/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1'))
 
 build_script:
-  - C:\msys64\usr\bin\pacman -Syuu --needed --noconfirm --ask=127
+  - C:\msys64\usr\bin\pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm --ask=20
   - ps: |
         $env:TIME_STRING=(get-date -UFormat "%Y-%m-%d").ToString()
         $env:BUILDROOT="C:\msys64\home\appveyor\gajim\win\_build_root"
diff --git a/win/_base.sh b/win/_base.sh
index a81c1903d..750631268 100644
--- a/win/_base.sh
+++ b/win/_base.sh
@@ -80,28 +80,26 @@ function install_deps {
         mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-goocanvas \
         mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-gspell \
         mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-hunspell \
-        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-setuptools
-
-    build_pip install setuptools_scm
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-setuptools \
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-pillow \
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-setuptools-scm \
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-cryptography \
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-pyopenssl \
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-docutils \
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-certifi \
+        mingw-w64-"${ARCH}"-"${PYTHON_ID}"-six
 
     PIP_REQUIREMENTS="\
-certifi
 git+https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp.git
 git+https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto.git
 git+https://dev.gajim.org/lovetox/pybonjour-python3.git
-cryptography
-pyopenssl
-python-gnupg
-docutils
-qrcode
 keyring
-pillow==4.3.0
-six
+python-gnupg
+python-axolotl
+qrcode
 "
 
-    build_pip install --no-binary ":all:" \
-        --force-reinstall $(echo "$PIP_REQUIREMENTS" | tr ["\\n"] [" "])
-    build_pip install python-axolotl
+    build_pip install $(echo "$PIP_REQUIREMENTS" | tr ["\\n"] [" "])
 
     # remove the large png icons, they should be used rarely and svg works fine
     rm -Rf "${MINGW_ROOT}/share/icons/Adwaita/512x512"