diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 26bbfff..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-language: java
-script: mvn test
-jdk:
-  - oraclejdk9
-  - oraclejdk8
-  # oracle JDK7 no longer seems to be supported by Travis
-  # - oraclejdk7
-  - openjdk8
-  - openjdk7
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f0a4da..10a718e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>