diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 24a6d89dcf..32c7049132 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -121,13 +121,12 @@ install:
   - if "%COMPILER%"=="mingw"  set PATH=C:\mingw-w64\x86_64-7.3.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev0\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
   - if "%COMPILER%"=="mingw"  g++ --version
   - if "%platform%"=="x86"    set GENERATOR_PLATFORM=Win32
-  - if "%GENERATOR%"=="Ninja" set GENERATOR_PLATFORM=
 
 before_build:
   # for with_win_header build, inject the inclusion of Windows.h to the single-header library
   - ps: if ($env:name -Eq "with_win_header") { $header_path = "single_include\nlohmann\json.hpp" }
   - ps: if ($env:name -Eq "with_win_header") { "#include <Windows.h>`n" + (Get-Content $header_path | Out-String) | Set-Content $header_path }
-  - cmake . -G "%GENERATOR%" -A "%GENERATOR_PLATFORM%" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="%configuration%" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%CXX_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="%LINKER_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin"
+  - if "%GENERATOR%"=="Ninja" (cmake . -G "%GENERATOR%" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="%configuration%" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%CXX_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="%LINKER_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin") else (cmake . -G "%GENERATOR%" -A "%GENERATOR_PLATFORM" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%CXX_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="%LINKER_FLAGS%" -DCMAKE_IGNORE_PATH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin")
 
 build_script:
   - cmake --build . --config "%configuration%"