diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e463ab61..70d339ae 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 os: linux
 language: generic
-sudo: false
 script:
     - scripts/link-format-chk.sh
     - scripts/buildtable.pl >/tmp/table.mediawiki || exit 1