diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 418888f6..6ebfeeb2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ script:
   # - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then make clean && make -j2 ARCH=general-32 build && ../tests/signature.sh $benchref; fi
   - make clean && make -j2 ARCH=x86-64-modern profile-build && ../tests/signature.sh $benchref
 
-  # start some basic learner CI
-  - make clean && make -j2 ARCH=x86-64-modern learn
-  - make clean && make -j2 ARCH=x86-64-modern profile-learn
-  - make clean && make -j2 ARCH=x86-64-modern debug=yes optimize=no learn
-
   # compile only for some more advanced architectures (might not run in travis)
   - make clean && make -j2 ARCH=x86-64-avx2 build
   - make clean && make -j2 ARCH=x86-64-bmi2 build