diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f5ea84384cca2b755e123dc1903e13e86069b11b..33e6ac584c3c854b9bb4da4360797bd6a23cce2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 language: python
-sudo: required
 git:
   depth: false
 compiler: