diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e692dd1..676f3ef 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ deploy:
     skip_cleanup: true
     on:
         condition: $TRAVIS_RUST_VERSION = nightly
-        branch: master # i guess we do need this after all?
         tags: true
     api_key:
         secure: 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
diff --git a/ci/utils.sh b/ci/utils.sh
index f3dc96d..791485a 100755
--- a/ci/utils.sh
+++ b/ci/utils.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ host() {
         osx)
             echo x86_64-apple-darwin
             ;;
+        windows)
+            echo x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
     esac
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +99,13 @@ is_osx() {
     esac
 }
 
+is_windows() {
+    case "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" in
+        windows) return 0 ;;
+        *)   return 1 ;;
+    esac
+}
+
 builder() {
     if is_musl && is_x86_64; then
         cargo install cross