diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/build_cpp.yml
index fd7410295..29c5bc54d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_cpp.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build ancillary tools
       run: cmake --build ${{ env.build_dir }} --config ${{ env.config }} --target imglab htmlify dtoc --parallel 4
 
+  windows-2016:
+    runs-on: 'windows-2016'
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Configure
+      run: cmake . -B ${{ env.build_dir }}
+    - name: Build just tests
+      run: cmake --build ${{ env.build_dir }} --config Debug --target dtest --parallel 4
+    - name: Build ancillary tools
+      run: cmake --build ${{ env.build_dir }} --config ${{ env.config }} --target imglab htmlify dtoc --parallel 4
+
   macos-latest:
     runs-on: 'macos-latest'
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
index 8299f54c1..9cc9cf6b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Build
       run: |
         python setup.py build
         python setup.py install --user 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c575ab759..da1ec8700 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# dlib C++ library [![Travis Status](https://travis-ci.com/davisking/dlib.svg?branch=master)](https://app.travis-ci.com/github/davisking/dlib) [![GitHub Actions C++ Status](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_cpp.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_cpp.yml) [![GitHub Actions Python Status](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_python.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_python.yml)
+# dlib C++ library  [![GitHub Actions C++ Status](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_cpp.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_cpp.yml) [![GitHub Actions Python Status](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_python.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/davisking/dlib/actions/workflows/build_python.yml)
 
 Dlib is a modern C++ toolkit containing machine learning algorithms and tools for creating complex software in C++ to solve real world problems. See [http://dlib.net](http://dlib.net) for the main project documentation and API reference.
 
diff --git a/dlib/appveyor/dtest.yml b/dlib/appveyor/dtest.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 212528eb1..000000000
--- a/dlib/appveyor/dtest.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-version: "{build}"
-
-configuration: Release
-
-build_script:
-  # build test
-  - mkdir %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_test
-  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_test
-  - cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -T host=x64 ../dlib/test
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target dlib_all_source_cpp 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target imglab 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target htmlify 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target gui 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target dtest
-
-test_script:
-  # run test
-  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_test\%CONFIGURATION%
-  - dtest --runall
diff --git a/dlib/appveyor/dtest_vc2017.yml b/dlib/appveyor/dtest_vc2017.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e5e72ee9..000000000
--- a/dlib/appveyor/dtest_vc2017.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-version: "{build}"
-
-configuration: Release
-
-image: Visual Studio 2017
-
-build_script:
-  # build test
-  - mkdir %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_test
-  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_test
-  - cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -T host=x64 ../dlib/test
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target dlib_all_source_cpp 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target imglab 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target htmlify 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target gui 
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% --target dtest
-
-test_script:
-  # run test
-  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_test\%CONFIGURATION%
-  - dtest --runall
diff --git a/dlib/appveyor/examples.yml b/dlib/appveyor/examples.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55791d224..000000000
--- a/dlib/appveyor/examples.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-version: "{build}"
-
-configuration: Release
-
-image: Visual Studio 2017
-
-build_script:
-  # build test
-  - mkdir %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_examples
-  - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build_examples
-  #- cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -T host=x64 ../examples
-  - cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -T host=x64 ../examples
-  - cmake --build . --config %CONFIGURATION% 
-
-test_script:
-  # run test
diff --git a/dlib/appveyor/python.yml b/dlib/appveyor/python.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a416216c..000000000
--- a/dlib/appveyor/python.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-
-environment:
-  matrix:
-    - PATH: C:\Python36;%PATH%
-    - PATH: C:\Python36-x64;%PATH%
-    - PATH: C:\Python37;%PATH%
-    - PATH: C:\Python37-x64;%PATH%
-
-
-build_script:
-  - python setup.py build --clean
-
-test_script:
-  - python setup.py test