diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5eb80f385d1..9ad82caac71 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ language: ruby
 rvm:
   - 2.0.0
 before_script:
-  - cp config/database.yml.development-sample config/database.yml
-  - cp config/redis.yml.sample config/redis.yml
   - psql -c 'create database discourse_test;' -U postgres
   - rake db:migrate
   - export RUBY_GC_MALLOC_LIMIT=50000000