diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 90f47ed64a..5a2b6e7393 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -34,43 +34,79 @@ environment:
     - QTABI: msvc2019_64
       COMPILER: MSVC
       QTVER: 5.15
+      USE_CMAKE: false
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
       CMAKE_BUILDFLAGS: /verbosity:minimal /maxcpucount
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
-      USE_CMAKE: false
-      
+           
     - QTABI: msvc2019_64
       COMPILER: MSVC
       QTVER: 5.15
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
       CMAKE_BUILDFLAGS: /verbosity:minimal /maxcpucount
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
-      
+           
     - QTABI: msvc2019_64
       COMPILER: MSVC
       QTVER: 6.3
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
       CMAKE_BUILDFLAGS: /verbosity:minimal /maxcpucount
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2019
       
     - QTABI: gcc_64
       COMPILER: GCC
       QTVER: 5.15
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Unix Makefiles"
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu2004
 
     - QTABI: gcc_64
       COMPILER: GCC
       QTVER: 6.2
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Unix Makefiles"
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu2004
 
     - QTABI: macos
       COMPILER: CLANG
       QTVER: 6.2
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Unix Makefiles"
-      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: macos-monterey
-     
+      
+image:
+  # AppVeyor builds are ordered by the image list:
+  - macos-monterey
+  - Ubuntu2004
+  - Visual Studio 2019
+
+matrix:
+  exclude:
+    # Exclude invalid options
+    - image: Visual Studio 2019
+      QTABI: gcc_64
+    - image: Visual Studio 2019
+      QTABI: mingw53_32
+    - image: Visual Studio 2019
+      QTABI: msvc2015
+    - image: Visual Studio 2019
+      QTABI: macos
+    - image: Ubuntu2004
+      QTABI: mingw81_64
+    - image: Ubuntu2004
+      QTABI: msvc2019_64
+    - image: Ubuntu2004
+      QTABI: msvc2015_64
+    - image: Ubuntu2004
+      QTABI: msvc2015
+    - image: Ubuntu2004
+      QTABI: mingw53_32
+    - image: Ubuntu2004
+      QTABI: macos
+    - image: macos-monterey
+      QTABI: msvc2015_64
+    - image: macos-monterey
+      QTABI: msvc2015
+    - image: macos-monterey
+      QTABI: mingw53_32
+    - image: macos-monterey
+      QTABI: gcc_64
+    - image: macos-monterey
+      QTABI: mingw81_64
+    - image: macos-monterey
+      QTABI: msvc2019_64
+
 
 for:
   # Windows (MinGW 8.1 & MSVC2019)