diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 16c1e5174..03eada24a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,24 +55,6 @@ jobs:
       script:
         - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
 
-    - stage: build
-      os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode11.3
-      go: 1.15.x
-      env:
-        - GO111MODULE=on
-      script:
-        - echo "Increase the maximum number of open file descriptors on macOS"
-        - NOFILE=20480
-        - sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=$NOFILE
-        - sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=$NOFILE
-        - sudo launchctl limit maxfiles $NOFILE $NOFILE
-        - sudo launchctl limit maxfiles
-        - ulimit -S -n $NOFILE
-        - ulimit -n
-        - unset -f cd # workaround for https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/8703
-        - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
-
     # This builder does the Ubuntu PPA upload
     - stage: build
       if: type = push