diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d868b2056..144f0e8fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       - REMOVED: Drop support of Node 12 & 14. [#6431](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6431)
       - ADDED: Add 'load directly' mode to default Cucumber test suite. [#6663](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6663)
       - CHANGED: Drop support for Node 16 [#6855](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6855)
+      - REMOVED: Remove unused AppVeyor files [#6860](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6860)
       - CHANGED: Upgrade clang-format to version 15 [#6859](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6859)
     - NodeJS:
       - CHANGED: Use node-api instead of NAN. [#6452](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6452)
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a1849a9e7..000000000
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-os: Visual Studio 2019
-
-# clone directory
-clone_folder: c:\projects\osrm
-
-platform: x64
-
-# no-op for the time being until someone with access to GitHub checks settings will remove integration with AppVeyor
-# https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6312#issuecomment-1217237055 
-build_script:
-  - EXIT 0
-
-branches:
-  only:
-    - master
diff --git a/build-local.bat b/build-local.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index dad1d25c5..000000000
--- a/build-local.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-@ECHO OFF
-SETLOCAL
-SET EL=0
-
-ECHO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %~f0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-SET PLATFORM=x64
-SET CONFIGURATION=Release
-::SET LOCAL_DEV=1
-
-FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD') do SET APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH=%%i
-ECHO APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH^: %APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH%
-
-SET PATH=C:\Program Files\7-Zip;%PATH%
-
-powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Force
-IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
-CALL appveyor-build.bat
-IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR
-
-GOTO DONE
-
-
-:ERROR
-ECHO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ERROR %~f0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-ECHO ERRORLEVEL^: %ERRORLEVEL%
-SET EL=%ERRORLEVEL%
-
-:DONE
-ECHO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DONE %~f0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-EXIT /b %EL%