diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1ef94eb..d8f0a1f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -33,12 +33,8 @@ branches:
 jdk:
  - oraclejdk8
 
-# Check they had a ticket with this change
 before_install:
-- chmod +x ./org.eclipse.richbeans.releng/build/commit-msg.sh
-- bash ./org.eclipse.richbeans.releng/build/commit-msg.sh
-
-# Stat xvfb, this allows SWTBot to execute in tests.
+# Start XVFB, this allows SWTBot to execute in tests.
 - export DISPLAY=:99.0
 - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
 - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start as per the travis docs
diff --git a/org.eclipse.richbeans.releng/build/commit-msg.sh b/org.eclipse.richbeans.releng/build/commit-msg.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c5476c2..0000000
--- a/org.eclipse.richbeans.releng/build/commit-msg.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-last_msg="$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)"
-echo "The last commit was: $last_msg"
-
-
-# We check the last commit message has a ticket
-if [[ $last_msg =~ ^Merge.*|^merge.*|.*(richbeans/issues/[0-9]+).* ]]; then
-    echo "Github issue found, build may proceed"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# Couldn't find ticket or merge, fail build
-error_msg="Aborting build. Your commit message must reference a github issue"
-echo "$error_msg" >&2
-
-# Get the last user
-id="$(git log --format="%H" -n 1)"
-user="$(git show --format="%aN <%aE>" $id)"
-echo "Last commit from:"
-echo " $user"
-
-exit 1