diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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-# R for travis: see documentation at https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/r
-
-language: R
-sudo: false
-cache: packages
-
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - openjdk-8-jdk
-
-## Because we have several packages in the git repo, 
-## we need to manually install and test: 
-## https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages/r/#customizing-the-travis-build-steps
-install: 
-  - R -e 'install.packages("devtools")'
-  - R -e 'devtools::install_deps(pkg = "rcdk", dep = T)'
-
-## Inspired by 
-## http://jtleek.com/protocols/travis_bioc_devel/#Configuring_R_CMD_check
-## https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craigcitro/r-travis/master/scripts/travis-tool.sh
-## Make sure to INSTALL after checking, so that rcdk has its latest 
-## dependencies from this github available, overwriting above 
-script:
-- R CMD build rcdk
-- R CMD check $(ls -1t *.tar.gz | head -n 1)
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 
 <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
 
-[![Build
-Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/CDK-R/cdkr.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/CDK-R/cdkr)
 [![CRAN
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 [![CRAN