diff --git a/History.rdoc b/History.rdoc
index 50cc8e2..9efecf8 100644
--- a/History.rdoc
+++ b/History.rdoc
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 * Minor improvement to the support build script to only extract supported MIME
   type name characters from obsoletion or deprecation notes.
 
+* Removed SimpleCov from the build process. The code here is no longer
+  changing, and its presence causes substantial breakage on Travis for Rubies
+  that are not 2.x-compatible.
+
 == 2.99.2 / 2016-05-21
 
 * Data release. This release reflects updates to the embedded MIME type data on
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d830771..80faa54 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ spec = Hoe.spec 'mime-types' do
   extra_dev_deps << ['rake', '~> 10.0']
   extra_dev_deps << ['fivemat', '~> 1.3' ]
   extra_dev_deps << ['minitest-rg', '~> 5.2']
-
-  if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('2.0')
-    extra_dev_deps << ['simplecov', '~> 0.7']
-    extra_dev_deps << ['coveralls', '~> 0.8']
-  end
 end
 
 task :support do
@@ -97,34 +92,6 @@ namespace :benchmark do
   end
 end
 
-if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('2.0')
-  namespace :test do
-    task :coveralls do
-      spec.test_prelude = [
-        'require "psych"',
-        'require "simplecov"',
-        'require "coveralls"',
-        'SimpleCov.formatter = Coveralls::SimpleCov::Formatter',
-        'SimpleCov.start("test_frameworks") { command_name "Minitest" }',
-        'gem "minitest"'
-      ].join('; ')
-      Rake::Task['test'].execute
-    end
-
-    desc 'Run test coverage'
-    task :coverage do
-      spec.test_prelude = [
-        'require "simplecov"',
-        'SimpleCov.start("test_frameworks") { command_name "Minitest" }',
-        'gem "minitest"'
-      ].join('; ')
-      Rake::Task['test'].execute
-    end
-  end
-
-  Rake::Task['travis'].prerequisites.replace(%w(test:coveralls))
-end
-
 namespace :mime do
   desc 'Download the current MIME type registrations from IANA.'
   task :iana, [ :destination ] => 'support:nokogiri' do |_, args|
diff --git a/mime-types.gemspec b/mime-types.gemspec
index 5f57f87..be7c00d 100644
--- a/mime-types.gemspec
+++ b/mime-types.gemspec
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 # stub: mime-types 2.99.3 ruby lib
 
-coverage = Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('2.0')
-
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "mime-types"
   s.version = "2.99.3"
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rake>, ["~> 10.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<fivemat>, ["~> 1.3"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<minitest-rg>, ["~> 5.2"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<simplecov>, ["~> 0.7"]) if coverage
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<coveralls>, ["~> 0.8"]) if coverage
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<hoe>, ["~> 3.15"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<minitest>, ["~> 5.9"])
@@ -54,8 +50,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, ["~> 10.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<fivemat>, ["~> 1.3"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<minitest-rg>, ["~> 5.2"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<simplecov>, ["~> 0.7"]) if coverage
-      s.add_dependency(%q<coveralls>, ["~> 0.8"]) if coverage
       s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, ["~> 3.15"])
     end
   else
@@ -71,8 +65,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, ["~> 10.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<fivemat>, ["~> 1.3"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<minitest-rg>, ["~> 5.2"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<simplecov>, ["~> 0.7"]) if coverage
-    s.add_dependency(%q<coveralls>, ["~> 0.8"]) if coverage
     s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, ["~> 3.15"])
   end
 end