diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a40ad84211d40c8d844cc86e7e49b1d2e8447591..41770f16ded1dd4138f6dbd906d9b9470ff95d20 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ before_script:
   - |
       pip install 'travis-cargo<0.2' --user &&
       export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
-
-# the main build
-script:
-  - |
-      travis-cargo build &&
-      travis-cargo test &&
-      travis-cargo --only nightly bench &&
-      travis-cargo --only stable doc
 after_success:
   # upload the documentation from the build with beta (automatically only actually
   # runs on the master branch)