diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2a5ec73..a3dfd1a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,28 +6,16 @@ os:
 julia:
   - 0.6
   - nightly
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+    - julia: nightly
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
 notifications:
   email: false
 git:
   depth: 99999999
-
-## uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
-## (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
-#matrix:
-#  allow_failures:
-#  - julia: nightly
-
-## uncomment and modify the following lines to manually install system packages
-#addons:
-#  apt: # apt-get for linux
-#    packages:
-#    - gfortran
-#before_script: # homebrew for mac
-#  - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = osx ]; then brew install gcc; fi
-
-## uncomment the following lines to override the default test script
-#script:
-#  - julia -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build("Examples"); Pkg.test("Examples"; coverage=true)'
 after_success:
   # build docs
   - julia -e 'cd(Pkg.dir("Examples")); Pkg.add("Documenter"); include("docs/make.jl")'
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index e3c564c..ae78cd8 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ environment:
   - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
   - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
 
-## uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
-## (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
-#matrix:
-#  allow_failures:
-#  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-#  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+matrix:
+ allow_failures:
+ - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
+ - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
 
 branches:
   only: