diff --git a/src/travis/windows-before-install.sh b/src/travis/windows-before-install.sh
index 86852ed8..e7106626 100755
--- a/src/travis/windows-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/windows-before-install.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ ! -e $python_file ]; then
   echo "Downloading $python_file..."
   curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION/$python_file
 fi
-until ".\\${python_file} /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 TargetDir=c:\\python"; do echo "trying python again..."; done
+until ./${python_file} /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 TargetDir=c:\\python; do echo "trying python again..."; done
 export python=/c/python/python.exe
 export pip=/c/python/scripts/pip.exe
 until [ -f $python ]; do sleep 1; done
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
   echo "Downloading $exefile..."
   curl -O https://slproweb.com/download/$exefile
 fi
-until ".\\${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl"; do echo "trying openssl again..."; done
+until ./${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl; do echo "trying openssl again..."; done
 until cp -v /c/ssl/libcrypto-1_1${OPENSSL_BITS}.dll /c/python/DLLs/; do echo "trying libcrypto copy again..."; sleep 3; done
 until cp -v /c/ssl/libssl-1_1${OPENSSL_BITS}.dll /c/python/DLLs/; do echo "trying libssl copy again..."; done
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "x86_64" ]]; then