diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e93a48..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-language: ruby
-sudo: required
-dist: trusty
-
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - chromium-chromedriver
-cache:
-  bundler: true
-
-before_install:
-  - gem update --system
-  - gem install bundler
-  - google-chrome-stable --headless --disable-gpu --no-sandbox --remote-debugging-port=9222 http://localhost &
-
-rvm:
-  - 2.5.5
-
-env:
-  global:
-    - NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=true
-    - ENGINE_CART_RAILS_OPTIONS='--skip-git --skip-bundle --skip-listen --skip-spring --skip-yarn --skip-keeps --skip-action-cable --skip-coffee --skip-puma --skip-test'
-  # Travis should check every minor version in a range of supported versions, because
-  # rails does not follow sem-ver conventions, see http://guides.rubyonrails.org/maintenance_policy.html
-  # It should be sufficient to test only the latest of the patch versions for a minor version, they
-  # should be compatible across patch versions (only bug fixes are released in patch versions).
-  matrix:
-    - "RAILS_VERSION=5.1.7"
-
-services:
-  - redis-server
-before_script:
-  - jdk_switcher use oraclejdk8
-  - ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver ~/bin/chromedriver
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60a451a..11b140e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# scholarspace-hyrax [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gwu-libraries/scholarspace-hyrax.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/gwu-libraries/scholarspace-hyrax)
+# scholarspace-hyrax 
 
 A Hyrax app for GW Libraries with:
 - two item types: GwWork and GwEtd