diff --git a/devtools/ci/appveyor/build.bat b/devtools/ci/appveyor/build.bat
index cc14f403ce..6bcdcf600a 100644
--- a/devtools/ci/appveyor/build.bat
+++ b/devtools/ci/appveyor/build.bat
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ if %BUILD_TYPE% equ cmake-mingw (
 )
 
 if %BUILD_TYPE% equ configure-mingw (
-	sh -lc "./configure -nohdf5 -nofftw3 --buildlibs --with-bzlib=/mingw64/ --with-zlib=/mingw64 --with-readline=/mingw64/ -nofftw3 -shared -windows gnu" || exit /b
-	make libcpptraj -j2 || exit /b
+	sh -lc "./configure -nonetcdf -nofftw3 --buildlibs --with-bzlib=/mingw64/ --with-zlib=/mingw64 --with-readline=/mingw64/ -shared -windows gnu" || exit /b
 	make install -j2 || exit /b
 )
 
diff --git a/test/Test_Change/RunTest.sh b/test/Test_Change/RunTest.sh
index 3aab525807..8b42a8c8a1 100755
--- a/test/Test_Change/RunTest.sh
+++ b/test/Test_Change/RunTest.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 UNITNAME='Change mass from data set test'
-CheckFor maxthreads 1 # FIXME this should eventually work in parallel
+CheckFor netcdf maxthreads 1 # FIXME this should eventually work in parallel
 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
   cat > change.in <<EOF
 parm ../AFV.parm7