diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5014a66a79c3..eb66112213b0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ env:
  global:
    - RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 
-before_install:
- - |
-    # work-around for issue https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/6307
-    # might not be necessary in the future
-    if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]; then
-     command curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import -
-     rvm get stable
-    fi
-
 install:
   - |
     if [ -z ${INTEGRATION} ]; then