diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 1fb9580..46a9486 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 History
 =======
 
-0.8.2 (2017-06-23)
+0.8.7 (2017-07-15)
 ------------------
 
 * First release on PyPI.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1cfc897..dff2685 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: clean clean-test clean-pyc clean-build clean-venv docs help install dist release test test-all 
+.PHONY: clean clean-test clean-pyc clean-build clean-venv docs help install dist test test-all 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 define BROWSER_PYSCRIPT
 import os, webbrowser, sys
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ lint: venv ## check style with flake8
 	venv/bin/python -m flake8 rust_pypi_example tests
 
 test: venv ## This will use py.test because of pytest-runner
+	venv/bin/python setup.py build_ext
 	venv/bin/python setup.py check
 	venv/bin/python setup.py test
 
@@ -87,16 +88,14 @@ docs: venv ## generate Sphinx HTML documentation, including API docs
 servedocs: venv docs ## compile the docs watching for changes
 	venv/bin/python -m watchmedo shell-command -p '*.rst' -c '$(MAKE) -C docs html' -R -D .
 
-release: venv clean ## package and upload a release
-	venv/bin/python setup.py sdist upload
-	venv/bin/python setup.py bdist_wheel upload
-
 dist: venv clean ## builds source and wheel package
 	venv/bin/python setup.py sdist
+	venv/bin/python setup.py build_ext
 	venv/bin/python setup.py bdist_wheel
 	ls -l dist
 
 install: venv clean ## install the package to the active Python's site-packages
+	venv/bin/python setup.py build_ext
 	venv/bin/python setup.py install
 
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 14746ac..3cca5ef 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -77,15 +77,17 @@ install:
   - set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\appveyor\.cargo\bin
   - rustc -Vv
   - cargo -V
-  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python.exe -m pip install pip>=9.0.1 ruamel.yaml==0.14.12"
+  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python.exe -m pip install -U pip>=9.0.1"
+  #  without updating wheel and setuptools, ruamel.yaml will fail on python 3.4
+  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python.exe -m pip install -U wheel setuptools"
   - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python.exe -m pip install -U urllib3[secure] scikit-ci==0.14.0"
-  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python -m ci install"
+  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python.exe -m ci install"
 
 build_script:
-  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python -m ci build"
+  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python.exe -m ci build"
 
 test_script:
-  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python -m ci test"
+  - "%PYTHON_DIR%\\python.exe -m ci test"
   - ps: >-
       Get-ChildItem .\dist\
 
diff --git a/rust_pypi_example/__init__.py b/rust_pypi_example/__init__.py
index ed7d6e5..28da4f0 100644
--- a/rust_pypi_example/__init__.py
+++ b/rust_pypi_example/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 __author__ = """Matt McKay"""
 __email__ = 'mckaymatt@gmail.com'
-__version__ = '0.8.3'
+__version__ = '0.8.7'
diff --git a/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.lock
index fd49d2c..762504a 100644
--- a/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [root]
 name = "rust_pypi_example"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.7"
 
diff --git a/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.toml
index 286cf65..dd66366 100644
--- a/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust_pypi_example/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rust_pypi_example"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.7"
 authors = ["Matt McKay <mckaymatt@gmail.com>"]
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/rust_pypi_example/rust_pypi_example.py b/rust_pypi_example/rust_pypi_example.py
index 6d4088b..4285796 100644
--- a/rust_pypi_example/rust_pypi_example.py
+++ b/rust_pypi_example/rust_pypi_example.py
@@ -1,49 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-import os.path
-import sys
-from cffi import FFI
-
-# See https://github.com/SimonSapin/hello-pyrust
-
-ffi = FFI()
-ffi.cdef(open(os.path.join(
-    # FIXME: path is hard-coded
-    os.path.dirname(__file__), 'rust', 'src',
-    'rust_pypi_example.h',
-)).read())
-
-if sys.platform == 'win32':
-    DYNAMIC_LIB_FORMAT = '%s.dll'
-elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
-    DYNAMIC_LIB_FORMAT = 'lib%s.dylib'
-elif "linux" in sys.platform:
-    DYNAMIC_LIB_FORMAT = 'lib%s.so'
-else:
-    raise NotImplementedError('No implementation for "{}".'
-                              ' Supported platforms are '
-                              '"win32", "darwin", and "linux"'
-                              ''.format(sys.platform))
-
-DLPATH = os.path.join(
-    # If the crate is built without the "--release" flag
-    # the path will be 'rust/target/debug' and this will
-    # cause OSError
-    os.path.dirname(__file__), 'rust', 'target', 'release',
-    DYNAMIC_LIB_FORMAT % 'rust_pypi_example'
-    )
-
-rust_lib = ffi.dlopen(DLPATH)
-
-
-def main():
-    assert rust_lib.is_prime(13) == 1
-    assert rust_lib.is_prime(12) == 0
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
-
-
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os.path
 import os
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d383be0..0e721b7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.8.3
+current_version = 0.8.7
 tag = True
 commit = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c8f116a..717a757 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='rust_pypi_example',
-    version='0.8.3',
+    version='0.8.7',
     description="Python Boilerplate contains all the boilerplate you need to create a Python wheel with Rust.",
     long_description=readme + '\n\n' + history,
     author="Matt McKay",