diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a4a0bbb07271f052ccdbb5c77ef238da4e82ca9f..67ad155148184ce3b9719854a8dacd7633bae5e0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ matrix:
         - IMAGE=ubuntu:18.04
         - DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-init-script=systemd"
         - DOCKER_CMD="$LINUX_CMD"
-    - services:
-        - docker
-      env:
-        - IMAGE=ubuntu:16.04
-        - DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--with-init-script=upstart"
-        - DOCKER_CMD="$LINUX_CMD"
     - compiler: clang
       language: c
       os: osx