diff --git a/appveyor/build.bat b/appveyor/build.bat
index e18b9a3dbbc..1ad3d96123c 100644
--- a/appveyor/build.bat
+++ b/appveyor/build.bat
@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ if not exist "%PHP_BUILD_OBJ_DIR%" (
 	mkdir "%PHP_BUILD_OBJ_DIR%"
 )
 
-for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('type %PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%\VERSION') do set GOT_SDK_VER=%%a
 if not exist "%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%" (
 	echo Cloning remote SDK repository
 	git clone --branch %SDK_BRANCH% %SDK_REMOTE% "%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%" 2>&1 
-) else (
-	echo Got SDK version %GOT_SDK_VER%
-	if NOT "%GOT_SDK_VER%" == "%PHP_BUILD_SDK_BRANCH:~8%" (
-		echo Updating to the configured SDK version %SDK_BRANCH:~8%
-		echo Fetching remote SDK repository
-		git --git-dir="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%\.git" --work-tree="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%" fetch --prune origin 2>&1
-		echo Checkout SDK repository branch
-		git --git-dir="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%\.git" --work-tree="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%" checkout --force %SDK_BRANCH% 
-	)
+)
+
+for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('type %PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%\VERSION') do set GOT_SDK_VER=%%a
+echo Got SDK version %GOT_SDK_VER%
+if NOT "%GOT_SDK_VER%" == "%PHP_BUILD_SDK_BRANCH:~8%" (
+	echo Updating to the configured SDK version %SDK_BRANCH:~8%
+	echo Fetching remote SDK repository
+	git --git-dir="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%\.git" --work-tree="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%" fetch --prune origin 2>&1
+	echo Checkout SDK repository branch
+	git --git-dir="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%\.git" --work-tree="%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%" checkout --force %SDK_BRANCH% 
 )
 
 set SDK_RUNNER=%PHP_BUILD_CACHE_SDK_DIR%\phpsdk-vc14-%PLATFORM%.bat