diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 055289901..afe3388e2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ install: .travis/install.sh
 
 script: .travis/run.sh
 
-branches:
-  only:
-    - master
-    - develop
-    - /^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[Xx]$/
-
 notifications:
   irc:
     channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#pypa-dev"
+      # This is set to a secure variable to prevent forks from notifiying the
+      # IRC channel whenever they fail a build. This can be removed when travis
+      # implements https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/1094.
+      # The actual value here is: irc.freenode.org#pypa-dev
+      - secure: "zAlwcmrDThlRsZz7CPDGpj4ABTzf7bc/zQXYtvIuqmSj0yJMAwsO5Vx/+qdTGYBvmW/oHw2s/uUgtkZzntSQiVQToKMag2fs0d3wV5bLJQUE2Si2jnH2JOQo3JZWSo9HOqL6WYmlKGI8lH9FVTdVLgpeJmIpLy1bN4zx4/TiJjc="
     use_notice: true
     skip_join: true