diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8d0173216d91ed396d538500ea5909ffc83efda8..8b3c9397f45127c6762baf4f6b15a088039334e8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@     - env: NIX_CHANNEL=https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-20.03
 
 install:
  - nix --version
- # for cachix we need travis to be a trusted nix user
- - echo "trusted-users = $USER" | sudo tee -a /etc/nix/nix.conf
- - sudo systemctl restart nix-daemon
  - if [ -n "${CACHIX_CACHE}" ]; then travis_retry nix-channel --update; fi
  - if [ -n "${CACHIX_CACHE}" ]; then nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install; fi
  - if [ -n "${CACHIX_CACHE}" ]; then cachix use "${CACHIX_CACHE}"; fi