diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d097ffd..033d8a1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # For more information, see https://github.com/haskell-CI/haskell-ci
 #
 language: c
-sudo: false
 
 git:
   submodules: false  # whether to recursively clone submodules