diff --git a/base/pkg/generate.jl b/base/pkg/generate.jl
index 0534222013cc7..95230f29366d9 100644
--- a/base/pkg/generate.jl
+++ b/base/pkg/generate.jl
@@ -136,23 +136,17 @@ end
 function travis(pkg::AbstractString; force::Bool=false)
     genfile(pkg,".travis.yml",force) do io
         print(io, """
-        language: cpp
-        compiler:
-          - clang
+        language: julia
+        os:
+          - linux
+          - osx
+        julia:
+          - release
+          - nightly
         notifications:
           email: false
-        env:
-          matrix:
-            - JULIAVERSION="juliareleases"
-            - JULIAVERSION="julianightlies"
-        before_install:
-          - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:staticfloat/julia-deps -y
-          - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:staticfloat/\${JULIAVERSION} -y
-          - sudo apt-get update -qq -y
-          - sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev julia -y
-          - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
-        script:
-          - julia --check-bounds=yes -e 'versioninfo(); Pkg.init(); Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("$pkg"); Pkg.test("$pkg")'
+        #script:
+        #  - julia --check-bounds=yes -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("$pkg"); Pkg.test("$pkg")'
         """)
     end
 end