diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8fe39d59c..79ccf5b1a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ env:
     - secure: "lZ7pHQvl5dpZWzBQAaIMf0wqrvtcZ4wiZKeIZjf83TEsflW8+z0uTpIuN30ZV6Glth/Sq1OhLnTP5+N57fZU/1ebA5twHdvP4bS5CIUUg71/CXQZNl36xeaqvxsG/xRrdpKOsPdjAOsQ9KPTQulsX43XDLS7CasMiLvYOpqKcPc="
     - PV=r8e PLATF=linux-x86_64 NDK_HOME=${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/android-ndk-${PV} PATH=${PATH}:${NDK_HOME}
 
+git:
+  depth: 1
+
 matrix:
   include:
     - os: linux
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index fa0a125f0..299f42df6 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # clone directory
 clone_folder: c:\projects\assimp
 
+clone_depth: 1
+
 # branches to build
 branches:
   # whitelist
@@ -52,11 +54,11 @@ cache:
   - bin\.mtime_cache
   
 before_build:
+  - echo NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%
   - ruby scripts\AppVeyor\mtime_cache -g scripts\AppVeyor\cacheglobs.txt -c bin\.mtime_cache\cache.json
   
-build:
-  parallel: true
-  project: Assimp.sln
+build_script:
+  cmake --build . --config Release -- /maxcpucount:2
   
 after_build:
   - if "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2017" (