diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 23e522b..eef1a76 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,13 +39,3 @@ script:
  - yesod keter
  - mkdir -p to-travis
  - cp stackage-server.keter to-travis
-
-# The following scriptlet checks that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed
- - export SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2 ".tar.gz";exit}') ;
-   cd dist/;
-   if [ -f "$SRC_TGZ" ]; then
-      cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ";
-   else
-      echo "expected '$SRC_TGZ' not found";
-      exit 1;
-   fi