diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 39f1b7d..9339956 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Publish package
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')  && matrix.python-version == '3.10'
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/publishing-package-distribution-releases-using-github-actions-ci-cd-workflows/
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.MAPPYFILE_DEPLOY }}
 
   # see https://github.com/marketplace/actions/coveralls-github-action
   # we can't use coveralls-github-action as it doesn't support xml output
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bbc615..0000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# see https://www.appveyor.com/docs/windows-images-software/#python
-# and https://packaging.python.org/guides/supporting-windows-using-appveyor/
-
-image: Visual Studio 2019
-
-environment:
-
-  global:
-    TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
-    TWINE_PASSWORD:
-      secure: $(MAPPYFILE_DEPLOY)
-
-  matrix:
-
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python311-x64"
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python310-x64"
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python39-x64"
-    - PYTHON: "C:\\Python38"
-
-install:
-  # Note that you must use the environment variable %PYTHON% to refer to
-  # the interpreter you're using - Appveyor does not do anything special
-  # to put the Python version you want to use on PATH.
-  - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
-  - "python -m pip install --upgrade pip"
-  - "pip install -r requirements-dev.txt"
-  - pip install .
-
-build_script:
-  - pip install -U setuptools
-  - pip install wheel
-  - pip install build
-  - python -m build --wheel
-  - python -m build --sdist
-
-test_script:
-  - python -m pytest  # for unknown reason running pytest directly fails on Python 3.7 and above
-  - "flake8 ."
-  - mypy mappyfile tests docs/examples
-  - mappyfile schema mapfile-schema.json
-  - mappyfile schema mapfile-schema-8-0.json --version=8.0
-  - mappyfile validate tests/sample_maps/256_overlay_res.map
-  - mappyfile format tests/sample_maps/256_overlay_res.map tests/sample_maps/256_overlay_res_formatted.map
-
-deploy:
-  - provider: GitHub
-    auth_token:
-      secure: 1FJ9ZyG2q5HxxYFSdC6HUA8+mjE9dKd55qPc6i2NZCRaOSDVog0tsoclT3e7N1sG
-    draft: true
-    on:
-      branch: master                 # release from master branch only
-      APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG: true        # deploy on tag push only
-
-artifacts:
-  - path: 'dist\*.whl'
-    name: wheel
-
-deploy_script:
-  - ps: if ($env:APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG -eq $TRUE) { pip install -qq twine; twine upload --skip-existing dist/* }
-
-# Uncomment to enable debugging on the server
-#on_finish:
-#  - ps: $blockRdp = $true; iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/ci/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1'))  
diff --git a/mappyfile.pyproj b/mappyfile.pyproj
index 5fffaac..52c5805 100644
--- a/mappyfile.pyproj
+++ b/mappyfile.pyproj
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ PROJ_LIB=C:\MapServer\bin\proj\SHARE
     <Content Include=".gitmodules" />
     <Content Include=".pypirc" />
     <Content Include=".readthedocs.yaml" />
-    <Content Include="appveyor.yml">
-      <SubType>Code</SubType>
-    </Content>
     <Content Include="code-of-conduct.md" />
     <Content Include="CONTRIBUTING.md">
       <SubType>Code</SubType>