diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9e7e5d68c..165d2ef15 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,14 +34,3 @@ jobs:
 before_install: tools/travis/setup.sh
 install: travis_retry tools/travis/install.sh
 script: tools/travis/run.sh
-
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      # This is set to a secure variable to prevent forks from notifying 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=
-    skip_join: true
-    use_notice: true