diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 804686a34a..25e9cc1e05 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ script:
     - OUTDIR=$BASE_OUTDIR/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST/$TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER-$HOST
     - BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL="--disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/$HOST --bindir=$OUTDIR/bin --libdir=$OUTDIR/lib"
     - depends/$HOST/native/bin/ccache --max-size=$CCACHE_SIZE
-    - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then export CCACHE_READONLY=1; fi
     - test -n "$USE_SHELL" && eval '"$USE_SHELL" -c "./autogen.sh"' || ./autogen.sh
     - ./configure --cache-file=config.cache $BITCOIN_CONFIG_ALL $BITCOIN_CONFIG || ( cat config.log && false)
     - make distdir PACKAGE=bitcoin VERSION=$HOST