diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index abf5febfd83..15b2d4d6469 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ matrix:
         - make website-lint
 
 install:
-  # This script is used by the Travis build to install a cookie for
-  # go.googlesource.com so rate limits are higher when using `go get` to fetch
-  # packages that live there.
-  # See: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/12933
-  - bash scripts/gogetcookie.sh
   - make tools
 
 branches:
diff --git a/scripts/gogetcookie.sh b/scripts/gogetcookie.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 26c63a64bed..00000000000
--- a/scripts/gogetcookie.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-touch ~/.gitcookies
-chmod 0600 ~/.gitcookies
-
-git config --global http.cookiefile ~/.gitcookies
-
-tr , \\t <<\__END__ >>~/.gitcookies
-.googlesource.com,TRUE,/,TRUE,2147483647,o,git-paul.hashicorp.com=1/z7s05EYPudQ9qoe6dMVfmAVwgZopEkZBb1a2mA5QtHE
-__END__