diff --git a/ci/appveyor.bat b/ci/appveyor.bat
index f64a05e..5e86c4f 100644
--- a/ci/appveyor.bat
+++ b/ci/appveyor.bat
@@ -23,17 +23,18 @@
 .\gvim -u NONE -c "redir @a | ver |0put a | wq" ver_ming.txt
 
 echo "Building MSVC 64bit console Version"
-sed -e "s/\$(LINKARGS2)/\$(LINKARGS2) | sed -e 's#.*\\\\r.*##'/" Make_mvc.mak > Make_mvc2.mak
-nmake -f Make_mvc2.mak CPU=AMD64 OLE=no GUI=no IME=yes ICONV=yes DEBUG=no FEATURES=%FEATURE% || exit 1
-nmake -f Make_mvc2.mak clean
+:: This doesn't work with @<<
+:: sed -e "s/\$(LINKARGS2)/\$(LINKARGS2) | sed -e 's#.*\\\\r.*##'/" Make_mvc.mak > Make_mvc2.mak
+nmake -f Make_mvc.mak CPU=AMD64 OLE=no GUI=no IME=yes ICONV=yes DEBUG=no FEATURES=%FEATURE% || exit 1
+nmake -f Make_mvc.mak clean
 
 :: build MSVC huge version with python and channel support
 :: GUI needs to be last, so that testing works
 echo "Building MSVC 64bit GUI Version"
 if "%FEATURE%" == "HUGE" (
-    nmake -f Make_mvc2.mak DIRECTX=yes CPU=AMD64 CHANNEL=yes OLE=no GUI=yes IME=yes ICONV=yes DEBUG=no PYTHON_VER=27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON=C:\Python27-x64 PYTHON3_VER=35 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3=C:\Python35-x64 FEATURES=%FEATURE% || exit 1
+    nmake -f Make_mvc.mak DIRECTX=yes CPU=AMD64 CHANNEL=yes OLE=no GUI=yes IME=yes ICONV=yes DEBUG=no PYTHON_VER=27 DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes PYTHON=C:\Python27-x64 PYTHON3_VER=35 DYNAMIC_PYTHON3=yes PYTHON3=C:\Python35-x64 FEATURES=%FEATURE% || exit 1
 ) ELSE (
-    nmake -f Make_mvc2.mak CPU=AMD64 OLE=no GUI=yes IME=yes ICONV=yes DEBUG=no FEATURES=%FEATURE% || exit 1
+    nmake -f Make_mvc.mak CPU=AMD64 OLE=no GUI=yes IME=yes ICONV=yes DEBUG=no FEATURES=%FEATURE% || exit 1
 )
 .\gvim -u NONE -c "redir @a | ver |0put a | wq" ver_msvc.txt
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 7d8f700..f6fed49 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -778,6 +778,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1698,
+/**/
     1697,
 /**/
     1696,