diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 7ab3d0750..da5f2cfed 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ init:
   - go env
 
 environment:
-  GOPATH: C:\GOPATH\
   HUGO_BUILD_TAGS: extended
 
 # clones and cd's to path
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ clone_folder: C:\hugo
 install:
 #  - gem install asciidoctor
   - pip install docutils
-  - env GO111MODULE=off go get github.com/magefile/mage
+  - go get github.com/magefile/mage
 
 build_script:
   - mage hugoRace
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ed98a592b..a1d691022 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jdkato/prose v1.1.0
 	github.com/kyokomi/emoji v1.5.1
-	github.com/magefile/mage v2.2.0+incompatible
+	github.com/magefile/mage v1.2.4
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/markbates/inflect v0.0.0-20171215194931-a12c3aec81a6
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d57f5851d..b10832e12 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ github.com/jdkato/prose v1.1.0 h1:LpvmDGwbKGTgdCH3a8VJL56sr7p/wOFPw/R4lM4PfFg=
 github.com/jdkato/prose v1.1.0/go.mod h1:jkF0lkxaX5PFSlk9l4Gh9Y+T57TqUZziWT7uZbW5ADg=
 github.com/kyokomi/emoji v1.5.1 h1:qp9dub1mW7C4MlvoRENH6EAENb9skEFOvIEbp1Waj38=
 github.com/kyokomi/emoji v1.5.1/go.mod h1:mZ6aGCD7yk8j6QY6KICwnZ2pxoszVseX1DNoGtU2tBA=
-github.com/magefile/mage v2.2.0+incompatible h1:F+gKos6AzbeWbX2c1ocoVxYpm+kzUAR4zAp8WUAWzu8=
-github.com/magefile/mage v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:IUDi13rsHje59lecXokTfGX0QIzO45uVPlXnJYsXepA=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.2.4 h1:2QnmtjngYyEG7hFmpnWXcqNg6dYRerYkrltrIcYu1o0=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.2.4/go.mod h1:IUDi13rsHje59lecXokTfGX0QIzO45uVPlXnJYsXepA=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 h1:LLgXmsheXeRoUOBOjtwPQCWIYqM/LU1ayDtDePerRcY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
 github.com/markbates/inflect v0.0.0-20171215194931-a12c3aec81a6 h1:LZhVjIISSbj8qLf2qDPP0D8z0uvOWAW5C85ly5mJW6c=