diff --git a/.travis-maybe-skip.sh b/.travis-maybe-skip.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-# Maybe skip (terminate) this travis build, if it seems unnecessary.
-# Emulates appveyor's more powerful skip/only feature.
-
-set -e
-
-CHANGED_FILES=`git diff --name-only master...${TRAVIS_COMMIT}`
-  # TODO works only on master ? See eg this failure:
-  # https://travis-ci.org/simonmichael/hledger/builds/288453508
-
-# only files not matching this extended regex will trigger a build
-#SKIP_PAT="(^site/con|do.nload)"
-SKIP_PAT="\.md$"
-
-# doesn't handle empty CHANGED_FILES correctly, shouldn't matter
-SKIP=True
-for F in $CHANGED_FILES; do
-  if ! [[ $F =~ $SKIP_PAT ]]; then
-    SKIP=False
-    break
-  fi
-done
-
-# standard travis helper, not in scope for some reason  
-travis_terminate() {
-  set +e
-  pkill -9 -P $$ &> /dev/null || true
-  exit $1
-}
-
-if [[ $SKIP == True ]]; then
-  echo "Only skippable files found, exiting."
-  travis_terminate 0
-  exit 1
-else
-  echo "Non-skippable files found, continuing with build."
-fi