diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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--- a/.travis.yml
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@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# http://travis-ci.org/#!/ipython/ipython
-language: python
-
-cache:
-    directories:
-        - $HOME/.cache/bower
-        - $HOME/.cache/pip
-env:
-  global:
-    - PATH=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/pandoc:$PATH
-  matrix:
-    - GROUP=python
-
-before_install:
-    - pip install --upgrade pip
-    - pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel nose coverage codecov
-    - |
-      if [[ $GROUP == docs ]]; then
-        pip install -r docs/doc-requirements.txt
-        pip install --upgrade pytest
-      fi
-
-install:
-    - pip install --pre .[test] $EXTRA_PIP
-    - pip freeze
-    - wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/1.19.1/pandoc-1.19.1-1-amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i pandoc-1.19.1-1-amd64.deb
-
-script:
-    - jupyter kernelspec list
-    - |
-      symlinks=$(find . -type l| grep -v './git-hooks')
-      if [[ $(echo $symlinks) ]]; then
-          echo "Repository contains symlinks which won't work on windows:"
-          echo $symlinks
-          echo ""
-          false
-      else
-          true
-      fi
-    - 'if [[ $GROUP == python ]]; then pytest; fi'
-    - |
-      if [[ $GROUP == docs ]]; then
-        EXIT_STATUS=0
-        make -C docs/ html || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-        if [[ $TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE == cron ]]; then
-          make -C docs/ linkcheck || EXIT_STATUS=$?;
-        fi
-
-        exit $EXIT_STATUS
-      fi
-
-matrix:
-    include:
-        - python: 3.5
-          env: GROUP=python
-        - python: 3.6
-          env: GROUP=python
-        - python: 3.7
-          env: GROUP=python
-        - python: 3.8
-          env: GROUP=python
-        - python: 3.5
-          env: GROUP=docs
-        - python: 3.6
-          env: GROUP=docs
-        - python: 3.7
-          env: GROUP=docs
-        - python: 3.8
-          env: GROUP=docs
-
-after_success:
-    - codecov
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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--- a/appveyor.yml
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-# miniconda bootstrap from conda-forge recipe
-matrix:
-  fast_finish: true
-
-environment:
-  matrix:
-    - CONDA_PY: 35
-      CONDA_PY_SPEC: 3.5
-      CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: "C:\\Miniconda35-x64"
-    - CONDA_PY: 36
-      CONDA_PY_SPEC: 3.6
-      CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: "C:\\Miniconda36-x64"
-    - CONDA_PY: 37
-      CONDA_PY_SPEC: 3.7
-      CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: "C:\\Miniconda37-x64"
-    - CONDA_PY: 38
-      CONDA_PY_SPEC: 3.8
-      # appveyor doesn't come with this directory, so use 37's since we're creating an env anyway
-      CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN: "C:\\Miniconda37-x64"
-
-platform:
-  - x64
-
-build: false
-
-install:
-  - cmd: call %CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN%\Scripts\activate.bat
-  - cmd: set CONDA_PY=%CONDA_PY%
-  - cmd: set CONDA_PY_SPEC=%CONDA_PY_SPEC%
-  - cmd: conda config --set show_channel_urls true
-  - cmd: conda config --add channels conda-forge
-  - cmd: conda update --yes --quiet conda
-  - cmd: conda info -a
-  - cmd: conda create -y -q -n test-env-%CONDA_PY% python=%CONDA_PY_SPEC% pip pyzmq tornado jupyter_client nbformat nbconvert nose
-  - cmd: conda activate test-env-%CONDA_PY%
-  - cmd: pip install -e .[test]
-
-test_script:
-  - pytest -s -v