diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7251a46cc587..e13d12089876 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ after_success:
       du . | sort -nr | head -n100
 
 after_failure:
-  # Requested by travis to debug "shutting down NOW" errors
-  - sudo tail -n 500 /var/log/syslog
   - >
       echo "#### Build failed; Disk usage after running script:";
       df -h;