diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 533542dfa..000000000
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-
-references:
-  workspace: &workspace
-    /go/src/github.com/spf13/cobra
-
-  run_tests: &run_tests
-    run:
-      name: "All Commands"
-      command: |
-        export GO111MODULE=on
-        mkdir -p bin
-        curl -Lso bin/shellcheck https://github.com/caarlos0/shellcheck-docker/releases/download/v0.4.6/shellcheck
-        chmod +x bin/shellcheck
-        go get -t -v ./...
-        PATH=$PATH:$PWD/bin go test -v ./...
-        go build
-        if [ -z $NOVET ]; then
-          diff -u <(echo -n) <(go vet . 2>&1 | grep -vE 'ExampleCommand|bash_completions.*Fprint');
-        fi
-
-jobs:
-  go-current:
-    docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.12
-    working_directory: *workspace
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - *run_tests
-      - run:
-          name: "Check formatting"
-          command: diff -u <(echo -n) <(gofmt -d -s .)
-  go-latest:
-    docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:latest
-    working_directory: *workspace
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - *run_tests
-
-workflows:
-  version: 2
-  main:
-    jobs:
-      - go-current
-      - go-latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffb0ca694..3ef8aa2f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Many of the most widely used Go projects are built using Cobra, such as:
 etc.
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/cobra.svg "Travis CI status")](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/cobra)
-[![CircleCI status](https://circleci.com/gh/spf13/cobra.png?circle-token=:circle-token "CircleCI status")](https://circleci.com/gh/spf13/cobra)
 [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra)
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/spf13/cobra)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/spf13/cobra)