diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a68a37275..188190616 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ before_install:
 install: true
 
 script:
-  - ./travis/verify-deps.sh
   - make verify-kustomize
   - ./travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh
 
diff --git a/pseudo/update-fork-references.sh b/pseudo/update-fork-references.sh
index 889d14811..ab834cb18 100755
--- a/pseudo/update-fork-references.sh
+++ b/pseudo/update-fork-references.sh
@@ -74,5 +74,3 @@ done
 
 # test all of the modules still work
 testAllModules
-
-./travis/verify-deps.sh
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diff --git a/travis/verify-deps.sh b/travis/verify-deps.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 702815cab..000000000
--- a/travis/verify-deps.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o xtrace
-
-for dir in api kustomize pseudo kyaml plugin cmd/config
-do
-  for item in api apimachinery client-go
-  do
-    if find $dir -name 'go.*' | xargs grep "k8s.io/${item}" ; then
-      echo "forbidden deps"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-    if find $dir -name '*.go' | xargs grep "k8s.io/${item}" ; then
-      echo "forbidden deps"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  done
-done
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