diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9ac8480a0c..f071172322 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ before_install:
  - sudo apt-get update
  - sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.6
 
- # Sometimes ya just halfta ...
- - git clone -b "2.1.0" --depth 1 https://github.com/lloyd/yajl.git && cd yajl && ./configure && sudo make install && cd ..
-
  - npm install marky-markdown
 
  # For ttw tests
@@ -39,10 +36,8 @@ install:
  - if [ "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" = "master" -a "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "false" ]; then rm -rf env; fi
  - touch requirements.txt package.json
  - make env -j2
- - env/bin/pip install --upgrade ijson==2.3.0
 before_script:
  - echo "DATABASE_URL=dbname=gratipay" | tee -a tests/local.env local.env
- - echo "REQUIRE_YAJL=true" | tee -a tests/local.env local.env
  - psql -U postgres -c 'CREATE DATABASE "gratipay";'
  - if [ "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" = "master" -a "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "false" ]; then rm -rfv tests/py/fixtures; fi
 script: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib xvfb-run make bgrun test doc -j2
diff --git a/bin/sync-npm.sh b/bin/sync-npm.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9d8e4b97b5..0000000000
--- a/bin/sync-npm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# This is a script to run under the Heroku Scheduler add-on to periodically
-# sync our database with the npm registry.
-
-set -e
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
-
-# Install dependencies.
-# =====================
-
-# cmake - required by ...
-curl https://cmake.org/files/v3.6/cmake-3.6.2-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz > cmake.tgz
-echo '5df4b69d9e85093ae78b1070d5cb9f824ce0bdd02528948c3f6a740e240083e5  cmake.tgz' \
-     | sha256sum -c /dev/stdin --status
-tar zxf cmake.tgz
-PATH=/app/cmake-3.6.2-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
-
-# yajl
-git clone -b "2.1.0" --depth 1 https://github.com/lloyd/yajl.git
-cd yajl
-./configure -p /app/.heroku/python
-make install
-cd ..
-
-# python
-pip install ijson==2.3.0
-pip install -e .
-
-
-# Sync with npm.
-# ==============
-
-curl https://registry.npmjs.com/-/all | sync-npm serialize | sync-npm upsert
diff --git a/defaults.env b/defaults.env
index 9955681575..7b13b97749 100644
--- a/defaults.env
+++ b/defaults.env
@@ -103,6 +103,3 @@ PROJECT_REVIEW_USERNAME=
 PROJECT_REVIEW_TOKEN=
 
 RAISE_SIGNIN_NOTIFICATIONS=no
-
-# speeds up npm syncing; should be true on production and Travis
-REQUIRE_YAJL=false
diff --git a/gratipay/wireup.py b/gratipay/wireup.py
index ae9a518f60..ad67959ab3 100644
--- a/gratipay/wireup.py
+++ b/gratipay/wireup.py
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ def env():
         PROJECT_REVIEW_USERNAME         = unicode,
         PROJECT_REVIEW_TOKEN            = unicode,
         RAISE_SIGNIN_NOTIFICATIONS      = is_yesish,
-        REQUIRE_YAJL                    = is_yesish,
         GUNICORN_OPTS                   = unicode,
     )