diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fe974d85..00000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-image: Visual Studio 2019
-version: '0.1.{build}'
-environment:
-  EXTRA_DIR: 'C:\extra'
-  MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR: '/c/extra'
-  PATH: 'C:\\Python312\\Scripts;%PATH%;%EXTRA_DIR%\bin;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Kits\\10\\bin\\%platform%'
-  PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '%EXTRA_DIR%\lib\pkgconfig'
-  MSYS2_PATH_TYPE: 'inherit'
-  MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL: '-Tp'
-  MINGW64_RUN: 'C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe --login -c'
-  MSYSTEM: 'MINGW64'
-  KIWIX_DESKTOP_VERSION: '2.3.1-3'
-  KIWIX_DESKTOP_RELEASE: 0
-
-
-init:
-  - cmd: |
-     echo %TEST_VAR%
-     REM Set VC 2019
-     "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
-     mkdir C:\extra\bin
-
-install:
-  - cmd: |
-     cd C:\projects
-     REM Install meson
-     C:\Python312\Scripts\pip install meson
-
-     REM Install ninja
-     curl -o ninja-win.zip -L https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-win.zip
-     7z e ninja-win.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin
-
-     REM Install pkg-config-lite
-     curl -o pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip -L https://deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pkgconfiglite/0.28-1/pkg-config-lite-0.28-1_bin-win32.zip
-     7z e pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin pkg-config-lite-0.28-1/bin/pkg-config.exe
-     cd kiwix-build
-
-     REM Install openssh (scp) for deployement
-     choco install openssh openssl.light
-
-  - cmd: openssl enc -d -aes-256-cbc -md sha256 -pass pass:%ENC_PASSWD% -in appveyor\nightlybot_id_key.enc -out appveyor\nightlybot_id_key
-
-
-
-build_script:
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" EQU "1" appveyor\setup_from_cache.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_zlib.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_lzma.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_zstd.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_libcurl.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_pthread.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_dirent.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_xapian.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_icu.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_pugixml.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_aria2.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_mustache.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" appveyor\install_libmicrohttpd.cmd
-  - IF "%USE_CACHE%" NEQ "1" %MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/projects/kiwix-build && appveyor/create_cache.sh"
-  - appveyor\install_libzim.cmd
-  - appveyor\install_libkiwix.cmd
-  - appveyor\install_kiwix-desktop.cmd
-
-before_deploy:
-  - cmd: openssl enc -d -pbkdf2 -aes-256-cbc -md sha256 -pass pass:%win_certificate_secret% -in appveyor\kiwix.pfx.enc -out appveyor\kiwix.pfx
-  - cmd: '%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/projects/kiwix-build && appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh"'
-
-deploy_script:
-  - cmd: '%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/projects/kiwix-build && appveyor/deploy.sh"'
diff --git a/appveyor/build_xapian.sh b/appveyor/build_xapian.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d4ad577..00000000
--- a/appveyor/build_xapian.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
-XAPIAN_SOURCE=$(pwd)/..
-
-$XAPIAN_SOURCE/configure \
-  CC="cl -nologo" \
-  CXX="$XAPIAN_SOURCE/compile cl -nologo" \
-  CXXFLAGS="-EHsc -MD" AR=lib \
-  CPPFLAGS="-I${MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR}/include" \
-  LDFLAGS="-L${MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR}/lib" \
-  --disable-backend-remote \
-  --disable-documentation \
-  --prefix=${MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR}
-
-make -j2
-
-make install
diff --git a/appveyor/create_cache.sh b/appveyor/create_cache.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c1c1339..00000000
--- a/appveyor/create_cache.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-set -e
-
-ARCHIVE_NAME="deps_windows_windows.zip"
-SSH_KEY=C:\\projects\\kiwix-build\\appveyor\\nightlybot_id_key
-
-7z a -tzip $ARCHIVE_NAME $MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR
-scp -P 30022 -vrp -i ${SSH_KEY} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-  ${ARCHIVE_NAME} \
-  ci@tmp.kiwix.org:/data/tmp/ci
-
diff --git a/appveyor/deploy.sh b/appveyor/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a8a9a64e..00000000
--- a/appveyor/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-set -e
-
-NIGHTLY_DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR=/c/projects/NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES/${NIGHTLY_DATE}
-RELEASE_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR=/c/projects/RELEASE_KIWIX_ARCHIVES
-SSH_KEY=C:\\projects\\kiwix-build\\appveyor\\nightlybot_id_key
-
-if [[ "$APPVEYOR_SCHEDULED_BUILD" = "True" ]]
-then
-  scp -P 30022 -vrp -i ${SSH_KEY} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-    ${NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR} \
-    ci@master.download.kiwix.org:/data/download/nightly
-fi
-
-if [[ "$APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG" = "true" ]]
-then
-  RELEASE_ARCHIVES=$(find $RELEASE_KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR -type f)
-  scp -P 30022 -vrp -i ${SSH_KEY} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-      ${RELEASE_ARCHIVES} \
-      ci@master.download.kiwix.org:/data/download/release/kiwix-desktop
-fi
diff --git a/appveyor/fix_desktop_makefile.py b/appveyor/fix_desktop_makefile.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 509abbd0..00000000
--- a/appveyor/fix_desktop_makefile.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import re, sys, os
-
-makefile = sys.argv[-1]
-print("Patching '{}'".format(makefile))
-
-with open(makefile, 'r') as f:
-    lines = f.readlines()
-
-with open(makefile, 'w') as f:
-    for line in lines:
-#        if "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS" in line:
-#            line = line.replace("/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS", "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE")
-#            f.write(line)
-#            continue
-        if not line.startswith('LIBS  '):
-            f.write(line)
-            continue
-        print("-- INPUT : {}".format(line))
-        for lib in ('kiwix', 'zim', 'pugixml', 'z', 'zstd'):
-            line = line.replace('{}.lib'.format(lib), 'lib{}.a'.format(lib))
-        for lib in ('lzma', 'curl'):
-            line = line.replace('lib{}.lib'.format(lib), 'lib{}.a'.format(lib))
-        line = line.strip()
-#        line += " pthreadVC2.lib"
-#        line += " icuin.lib icudt.lib icuuc.lib"
-        line += " Rpcrt4.lib Ws2_32.lib winmm.lib Shlwapi.lib"
-        line += os.linesep
-        print("++ OUTPUT : {}".format(line))
-        f.write(line)
diff --git a/appveyor/install_aria2.cmd b/appveyor/install_aria2.cmd
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index 8517c1ca..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_aria2.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install aria2
-curl -fsSL -O https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-1.36.0/aria2-1.36.0-win-64bit-build1.zip || exit /b 1
-7z e aria2-1.36.0-win-64bit-build1.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR% aria2-1.36.0-win-64bit-build1\aria2c.exe || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_dirent.cmd b/appveyor/install_dirent.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index ed5b17e0..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_dirent.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install dirent.h
-curl -fsSL -o%EXTRA_DIR%\include\dirent.h https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tronkko/dirent/master/include/dirent.h || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_git_ninja_pkgconfig.cmd b/appveyor/install_git_ninja_pkgconfig.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index ecaf7028..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_git_ninja_pkgconfig.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-REM Set VC 2017
-"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
-mkdir C:\extra\bin
-cd C:\projects
-C:\Python36\Scripts\pip install meson || exit /b 1
-
-REM Set ninja
-curl -fsSL -o ninja-win.zip https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-win.zip || exit /b 1
-7z e ninja-win.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin || exit /b 1
-
-REM Set pkg-config-lit
-curl --insecure -fsSL -o pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pkgconfiglite/0.28-1/pkg-config-lite-0.28-1_bin-win32.zip || exit /b 1
-7z e pkg-config-lite-0.28-1.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin pkg-config-lite-0.28-1/bin/pkg-config.exe || exit /b 1
-cd kiwix-build
diff --git a/appveyor/install_icu.cmd b/appveyor/install_icu.cmd
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index e681e55d..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_icu.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install icu
-curl -SL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR% -r include || exit /b 1
-7z e icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\lib lib64\* || exit /b 1
-7z e icu4c-62_1-Win64-MSVC2017.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\bin bin64\*.dll || exit /b 1
-curl -fsSL -o%PKG_CONFIG_PATH%\icu-i18n.pc http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/icu-i18n.pc || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_kiwix-desktop.cmd b/appveyor/install_kiwix-desktop.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a331f9a..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_kiwix-desktop.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install kiwix-desktop
-git clone https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-desktop || exit /b 1
-cd kiwix-desktop
-echo "Running qmake"
-SET _WITH_CONSOLE=1
-IF %KIWIX_DESKTOP_RELEASE% EQU 1 (
-  IF %APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG% == true (
-    SET _WITH_CONSOLE=0
-  )
-)
-IF %_WITH_CONSOLE% EQU 1 (
-    C:\Qt\5.15\msvc2019_64\bin\qmake.exe "CONFIG+=static console" || exit /b 1
-) else (
-    C:\Qt\5.15\msvc2019_64\bin\qmake.exe "CONFIG+=static" || exit /b 1
-)
-
-echo "Running fix_desktop"
-C:\Python312\Python ..\appveyor\fix_desktop_makefile.py Makefile.Release || exit /b 1
-echo "Running nmake"
-nmake || exit /b 1
-cd ..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_libcurl.cmd b/appveyor/install_libcurl.cmd
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index 91f88545..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_libcurl.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install libcurl
-curl -fsSL -O https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.61.1.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x curl-7.61.1.zip || exit /b 1
-cd curl-7.61.1\winbuild
-nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=static MACHINE=x64 DEBUG=no VC=15 ENABLE_IDN=no || exit /b 1
-mkdir %EXTRA_DIR%\include\curl
-copy ..\builds\libcurl-vc15-x64-release-static-ipv6-sspi-winssl\include\curl\*.h %EXTRA_DIR%\include\curl
-copy ..\builds\libcurl-vc15-x64-release-static-ipv6-sspi-winssl\lib\libcurl_a.lib %EXTRA_DIR%\lib
-move %EXTRA_DIR%\lib\libcurl_a.lib %EXTRA_DIR%\lib\libcurl.a
-dir %EXTRA_DIR%\include\curl
-dir %EXTRA_DIR%\lib
-curl -fsSl -o%PKG_CONFIG_PATH%\libcurl.pc http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/libcurl.pc || exit /b 1
-cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_libkiwix.cmd b/appveyor/install_libkiwix.cmd
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index dc357e7c..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_libkiwix.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install libkiwix
-git clone https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix.git || exit /b 1
-cd libkiwix
-set CPPFLAGS="-I%EXTRA_DIR%/include"
-meson . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
-cd build
-ninja || exit /b 1
-ninja install || exit /b 1
-cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_libmicrohttpd.cmd b/appveyor/install_libmicrohttpd.cmd
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index 4e4d6a52..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_libmicrohttpd.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install libmicrohttpd
-curl -fsSL -O https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-latest-w32-bin.zip || exit /b 1
-7z e libmicrohttpd-latest-w32-bin.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%/include libmicrohttpd-*-w32-bin/x86_64/VS2019/Release-static/microhttpd.h || exit /b 1
-7z e libmicrohttpd-latest-w32-bin.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%/lib libmicrohttpd-*-w32-bin/x86_64/VS2019/Release-static/libmicrohttpd.lib || exit /b 1
-7z e libmicrohttpd-latest-w32-bin.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%/lib/pkgconfig libmicrohttpd-*-w32-bin/x86_64/MinGW/static/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig/* || exit /b 1
-
-rename %EXTRA_DIR%\lib\libmicrohttpd.lib microhttpd.lib
-dir %EXTRA_DIR%
-dir %EXTRA_DIR%\lib
-dir %EXTRA_DIR%\lib\pkgconfig
diff --git a/appveyor/install_libzim.cmd b/appveyor/install_libzim.cmd
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index 18e42d6d..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_libzim.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install libzim
-git clone https://github.com/openzim/libzim.git || exit /b 1
-cd libzim
-meson . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
-cd build
-ninja || exit /b 1
-ninja install || exit /b 1
-cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_lzma.cmd b/appveyor/install_lzma.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 48f4d0a7..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_lzma.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install lzma
-curl -fsSL -O https://tukaani.org/xz/xz-5.2.4-windows.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x xz-5.2.4-windows.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR% -r include || exit /b 1
-7z e xz-5.2.4-windows.zip -o%EXTRA_DIR%\lib bin_x86-64\liblzma.a || exit /b 1
-curl -fsSL -o%PKG_CONFIG_PATH%\liblzma.pc http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/liblzma.pc || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_mustache.cmd b/appveyor/install_mustache.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 59b2b301..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_mustache.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install mustache.hpp
-curl -fsSL -o%EXTRA_DIR%\include\mustache.hpp https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kainjow/mustache/v3.2.1/mustache.hpp || exit /b 1
diff --git a/appveyor/install_pthread.cmd b/appveyor/install_pthread.cmd
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index d17e5a51..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_pthread.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install pthread
-curl -fsSL -O ftp://sourceware.org/pub/pthreads-win32/pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x pthreads-w32-2-9-1-release.zip -r pthreads.2 || exit /b 1
-cd pthreads.2
-REM Patch is pthread_timespec.patch
-curl -fsSL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/pthread.h || exit /b 1
-nmake clean VC-inlined || exit /b 1
-copy pthread.h %EXTRA_DIR%\include
-copy sched.h %EXTRA_DIR%\include
-copy pthreadVC2.lib %EXTRA_DIR%\lib
-copy pthreadVC2.dll %EXTRA_DIR%\bin
-curl -fsSL -o%PKG_CONFIG_PATH%\libpthreadVC2.pc http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/libpthreadVC2.pc || exit /b 1
-cd ..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_pugixml.cmd b/appveyor/install_pugixml.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index e005d91c..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_pugixml.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install pugixml
-curl -fsSL -O http://public.kymeria.fr/KIWIX/windows/pugixml-1.2-meson.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x pugixml-1.2-meson.zip -o. || exit /b 1
-cd pugixml-1.2-meson
-meson . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
-cd build
-ninja || exit /b 1
-ninja install || exit /b 1
-cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd b/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index b0b448ae..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_xapian.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install xapian
-curl -fsSL -O http://mirror.download.kiwix.org/dev/kiwix-build/xapian-core-1.4.18.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x xapian-core-1.4.18.zip || exit /b 1
-cd xapian-core-1.4.18
-mkdir build
-cd build
-%MINGW64_RUN% "cd /c/Projects/kiwix-build/xapian-core-1.4.18/build && /c/Projects/kiwix-build/appveyor/build_xapian.sh" > build_xapian.log || exit /b 1
-cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_zlib.cmd b/appveyor/install_zlib.cmd
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index fd14aaab..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_zlib.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install zlib
-curl -fsSL -O http://mirror.download.kiwix.org/dev/kiwix-build/zlib-1.2.12.meson.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x zlib-1.2.12.meson.zip || exit /b 1
-cd zlib-1.2.12
-meson . build --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release || exit /b 1
-cd build
-ninja || exit /b 1
-ninja install || exit /b 1
-cd ..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/install_zstd.cmd b/appveyor/install_zstd.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 3339cbcd..00000000
--- a/appveyor/install_zstd.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Install zstd
-curl -fsSL -o zstd-v1.5.2.zip https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.2.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x zstd-v1.5.2.zip || exit /b 1
-cd zstd-1.5.2/build/meson
-meson . builddir --prefix %EXTRA_DIR% --default-library static --buildtype release -Dbin_programs=false -Dbin_contrib=false || exit /b 1
-cd builddir
-ninja || exit /b 1
-ninja install || exit /b 1
-cd ..\..\..\..
diff --git a/appveyor/kiwix.pfx.enc b/appveyor/kiwix.pfx.enc
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index 4ab45d5d..00000000
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diff --git a/appveyor/nightlybot_id_key.enc b/appveyor/nightlybot_id_key.enc
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index ad85d7bd..00000000
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diff --git a/appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh b/appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e26f1973..00000000
--- a/appveyor/package_kiwix-desktop.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-
-set -e
-
-if [[ "$APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG" = "false" ]]
-then
-  NIGHTLY_DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-  KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR=/c/projects/NIGHTLY_KIWIX_ARCHIVES/${NIGHTLY_DATE}
-  KIWIX_DIR=kiwix-desktop_windows_x64_$NIGHTLY_DATE
-else
-  if [ $KIWIX_DESKTOP_RELEASE  -eq 1 ]
-  then
-    KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR=/c/projects/RELEASE_KIWIX_ARCHIVES
-    KIWIX_DIR=kiwix-desktop_windows_x64_${KIWIX_DESKTOP_VERSION}
-  fi
-fi
-
-if [[ "$KIWIX_DIR" ]]
-then
-  KIWIX_ARCH_NAME=${KIWIX_DIR}.zip
-
-  mkdir $KIWIX_DIR
-  mkdir -p KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR
-
-  cp /c/projects/kiwix-build/kiwix-desktop/Release/kiwix-desktop.exe $KIWIX_DIR
-/c/Qt/5.15/msvc2019_64/bin/windeployqt --compiler-runtime $KIWIX_DIR
-
-  cp $MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR/aria2c.exe $KIWIX_DIR
-  cp $MINGW64_EXTRA_DIR/bin/*.dll $KIWIX_DIR
-  cp /c/OpenSSL-v111-Win64/bin/libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll $KIWIX_DIR
-  cp /c/OpenSSL-v111-Win64/bin/libssl-1_1-x64.dll $KIWIX_DIR
-
-  signtool.exe sign -f appveyor/kiwix.pfx -p $win_certificate_password -t http://timestamp.digicert.com -d "Kiwix-desktop application" -fd SHA256 $KIWIX_DIR/kiwix-desktop.exe
-
-  7z a -tzip $KIWIX_ARCHIVES_DIR/$KIWIX_ARCH_NAME $KIWIX_DIR
-fi
diff --git a/appveyor/setup_from_cache.cmd b/appveyor/setup_from_cache.cmd
deleted file mode 100644
index ced71b6c..00000000
--- a/appveyor/setup_from_cache.cmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-REM ========================================================
-REM Setup from cache
-curl -fsSL -O http://tmp.kiwix.org/ci/deps_windows_windows.zip || exit /b 1
-7z x deps_windows_windows.zip -oc: -aoa || exit /b 1
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/versions.py b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
index a1d41932..87124d14 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/versions.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/versions.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "libkiwix": "13.1.0",
     "kiwix-tools": "3.7.0",
     "zim-tools": "3.4.2",
-    "kiwix-desktop": "2.3.1",  # Also change KIWIX_DESKTOP_VERSION and KIWIX_DESKTOP_RELEASE in appveyor.yml
+    "kiwix-desktop": "2.3.1",
 }
 
 # This dictionnary specify what we need to build at each release process.
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
 #     `(was ...)`.
 #    - Else, increment the value. If no value was present, see `(was ...)`.
 
-# For kiwix-desktop, if this is not None:
-# - set KIWIX_DESKTOP_RELEASE to 1
-# - set KIWIX_DESKTOP_VERSION to the version of the release (including release_versions)
-# If this is None:
-# - set KIWIX_DESKTOP_RELEASE to 0
-
 release_versions = {
     "libzim": 1,  # Depends of base deps (was 0)
     "libkiwix": None,  # Depends of libzim (was 4)