diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index b7c3ac06c5..ae3411828f 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ if [ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "false" ]; then
   mkdir -p ~/.sbt/0.13/
   openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_a177bbd76133_key -iv $encrypted_a177bbd76133_iv -in .credentials.enc -out ~/.sbt/0.13/.credentials -d
 
-  # Include the no-java-comments work-around so that publishing for Scala 2.12 will work correctly.
-  # See: https://github.com/scala/scala-dev/issues/249
-  sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION "set scalacOptions in (Compile, doc) += \"-no-java-comments\"" publish
+  sbt ++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION publish
 
   rm ~/.sbt/0.13/.credentials
 fi