diff --git a/.ci/ci-make-examples.sh b/.ci/ci-make-examples.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9ffa6e1c6f..0000000000
--- a/.ci/ci-make-examples.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-. .ci/travis.sh
-if [ "$1" = "release-ready" ] ; then
-  exit 0
-fi
-travis_fold examples "make examples"
-echo "TODO"
-
-travis_endfold examples
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1ba8163ca6..6d2d233fad 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -69,12 +69,10 @@ before_script:
          cp $HOME/cachedir/config.cache . || true
        fi
 
-
 script:
   - .ci/ci-configure.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
   - .ci/ci-setup-ccache.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
   - .ci/ci-make.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
-  #- .ci/ci-make-examples.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"
   - |
       if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]] && [[ "$CI_BUILD_TYPE" == "" ]]; then
           .ci/ci-make-benchmark.sh "$CI_BUILD_TYPE"