diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3d662dc9f..4022c6fee 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ deploy:
 env:
   global:
     - PATH=$PATH:/opt/hermit/bin/
-    - PROXY_STR=":hermit:M:7:\\x42::`pwd`/RWTH-OS/libhermit-0.1/tools/proxy"
     - HERMIT_ISLE=qemu
     - HERMIT_CPUS=1
     - HERMIT_MEM="512M"