diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 631e20511..384e07e6a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ matrix:
         # ubuntu's rpm package sets dbpath to ~/.rpmdb, which makes rpm fail...
         - sudo sh -c 'mkdir /etc/rpm; echo "%_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" > /etc/rpm/macros'
         - sudo env "PATH=$PATH" "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" test/run --arches aarch64 --distro fedora-30
-    - name: fedora-30
-      arch: s390x
-      language: python
-      python: 3.7
-      script:
-        # ubuntu's rpm package sets dbpath to ~/.rpmdb, which makes rpm fail...
-        - sudo sh -c 'mkdir /etc/rpm; echo "%_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" > /etc/rpm/macros'
-        - sudo env "PATH=$PATH" "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" test/run --arches s390x --distro fedora-30
     - name: fedora-31
       arch: amd64
       language: python
@@ -50,14 +42,6 @@ matrix:
         # ubuntu's rpm package sets dbpath to ~/.rpmdb, which makes rpm fail...
         - sudo sh -c 'mkdir /etc/rpm; echo "%_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" > /etc/rpm/macros'
         - sudo env "PATH=$PATH" "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" test/run --arches aarch64 --distro fedora-31
-    - name: fedora-31
-      arch: s390x
-      language: python
-      python: 3.7
-      script:
-        # ubuntu's rpm package sets dbpath to ~/.rpmdb, which makes rpm fail...
-        - sudo sh -c 'mkdir /etc/rpm; echo "%_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" > /etc/rpm/macros'
-        - sudo env "PATH=$PATH" "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" test/run --arches s390x --distro fedora-31
     - name: fedora-32
       arch: amd64
       language: python
@@ -74,11 +58,3 @@ matrix:
         # ubuntu's rpm package sets dbpath to ~/.rpmdb, which makes rpm fail...
         - sudo sh -c 'mkdir /etc/rpm; echo "%_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" > /etc/rpm/macros'
         - sudo env "PATH=$PATH" "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" test/run --arches aarch64 --distro fedora-32
-    - name: fedora-32
-      arch: s390x
-      language: python
-      python: 3.7
-      script:
-        # ubuntu's rpm package sets dbpath to ~/.rpmdb, which makes rpm fail...
-        - sudo sh -c 'mkdir /etc/rpm; echo "%_dbpath /var/lib/rpm" > /etc/rpm/macros'
-        - sudo env "PATH=$PATH" "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" test/run --arches s390x --distro fedora-32