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 99b14cbd..ea16b0f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 # Kaleidoscope-LEDEffects
 
-![status][st:stable] [![Build Status][travis:image]][travis:status]
+[![Build Status][travis:image]][travis:status]
 
  [travis:image]: https://travis-ci.org/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope-LEDEffects.svg?branch=master
  [travis:status]: https://travis-ci.org/keyboardio/Kaleidoscope-LEDEffects
 
- [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 `LEDEffects` plugin provides a selection of LED effects, each of them fairly
 simple, simple enough to not need a plugin of their own.
 
@@ -22,9 +18,9 @@ them.
 #include <Kaleidoscope.h>
 #include <Kaleidoscope-LEDEffects.h>
 
-void setup(void) {
-  Kaleidoscope.use(&JukeBoxEffect);
+KALEIDOSCOPE_INIT_PLUGINS(LEDControl, JukeBoxEffect);
 
+void setup(void) {
   Kaleidoscope.setup();
 }
 ```
diff --git a/TriColor.md b/TriColor.md
index 1b428f44..1d5030d5 100644
--- a/TriColor.md
+++ b/TriColor.md
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 # Kaleidoscope-TriColor
 
-![status][st:stable]
-
- [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 `TriColor` effect extension is a part of
 the [`LEDEffects`][plugin:ledeffects] library, not a stand-alone base library of
 its own. It is used to implement the effects in that library.