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 3cdf9123..535ab530 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 # Kaleidoscope-HostOS
 
-![status][st:stable] [![Build Status][travis:image]][travis:status]
+[![Build Status][travis:image]][travis:status]
 
  [travis:image]: https://travis-ci.org/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope-HostOS.svg?branch=master
  [travis:status]: https://travis-ci.org/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope-HostOS
 
- [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 `HostOS` extension is not all that useful in itself, rather, it is a
 building block other plugins and extensions can use to not repeat the same
 guesswork and logic. Its primary purpose is to help either detect, or keep track
@@ -50,9 +46,9 @@ void someFunction(void) {
   }
 }
 
-void setup(void) {
-  Kaleidoscope.use(&HostOS);
+KALEIDOSCOPE_INIT_PLUGINS(HostOS);
 
+void setup(void) {
   Kaleidoscope.setup ();
 }
 ```