diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2efcb40..7261983 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 language: python
 python: 2.7
 env:
-  global:
-    - PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE="$HOME/.cache/pip"
   matrix:
     - TOX_ENV=pep8
     - TOX_ENV=py26-epolls
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e4f4e76..f0a22a7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ commands =
     pep8 benchmarks/ eventlet/ tests/
 
 [testenv]
-downloadcache = {toxworkdir}/pip_download_cache
 setenv =
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE = 1
     selects: EVENTLET_HUB = selects