diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 23d30ccc..49b8c498 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ install:
 script:
   - make travis-test BOARD_HARDWARE_PATH=$(pwd)/hardware
 notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - "chat.freenode.net#keyboardio"
-    use_notice: true
-    skip_join: true
-    template:
-      - "%{repository_name}/%{branch} %{commit} by %{author}: %{commit_subject} %{build_url} %{message}"
   email:
     on_success: change
     on_failure: change
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d216d30..ae85a673 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 # Kaleidoscope-Heatmap
 
-![status][st:experimental] [![Build Status][travis:image]][travis:status]
+[![Build Status][travis:image]][travis:status]
 
  [travis:image]: https://travis-ci.org/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope-Heatmap.svg?branch=master
  [travis:status]: https://travis-ci.org/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope-Heatmap
 
- [st:stable]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stable-✔-black.svg?style=flat&colorA=44cc11&colorB=494e52
- [st:broken]: https://img.shields.io/badge/broken-X-black.svg?style=flat&colorA=e05d44&colorB=494e52
- [st:experimental]: https://img.shields.io/badge/experimental----black.svg?style=flat&colorA=dfb317&colorB=494e52
-
 The `Heatmap` plugin provides a LED effect, that displays a heatmap on the
 keyboard. The LEDs under each key will have a color according to how much use
 they see. Fewer used keys will have deep blue colors, that gradually turns
@@ -37,8 +33,6 @@ static const cRGB heat_colors[] PROGMEM = {
 KALEIDOSCOPE_INIT_PLUGINS(LEDControl, HeatmapEffect);
 
 void setup() {
-  Kaleidoscope.use(&HeatmapEffect);
-
   Kaleidoscope.setup ();
 
   HeatmapEffect.heat_colors = heat_colors;