diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dc3d98b8..de9a014e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 group: travis_latest
-dist: xenial  # required for Python >= 3.7 (travis-ci/travis-ci#9069)
 language: python
 cache: pip
 matrix: