diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f059dd94e..f5862bde3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ branches:
 env:
   global:
     - GO111MODULE=on
-    - GO_METALINTER_THREADS=1
     - KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config
     # set CEPH_CSI_RUN_ALL_TESTS to non-empty to run all tests
     - CEPH_CSI_RUN_ALL_TESTS=true