diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c4d0765ff..2b27ae407 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 language: node_js
-compiler:
-  - clang
-  - gcc
 node_js:
   - "10"
 env:
   - GH_PAGES_SRC="build-docs"
-addons:
-  apt:
-    sources:
-      - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-    packages:
-      - curl
-      - g++-8
-      - libbz2-dev
-      - libgflags-dev
-      - libsnappy-dev
-      - mingw-w64
-      - zlib1g-dev
+# compiler:
+#   - clang
+#   - gcc
+# addons:
+#   apt:
+#     sources:
+#       - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+#     packages:
+#       - curl
+#       - g++-8
+#       - libbz2-dev
+#       - libgflags-dev
+#       - libsnappy-dev
+#       - mingw-w64
+#       - zlib1g-dev
 before_install:
-  # - sudo apt-get update
-  # - sudo apt-get install curl g++-8 libgflags-dev libsnappy-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev liblz4-dev mingw-w64 zlib1g-dev
   - curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash
   - export PATH=$HOME/.yarn/bin:$(yarn global bin):$PATH
 cache:
@@ -28,17 +26,17 @@ cache:
   directories:
     - node_modules
 install:
-  - export ROCKSDB=$HOME/rocksdb-master
-  - pushd $HOME
-  - curl -sLO https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/master.zip
-  - unzip -q master.zip
-  - cd rocksdb-master
-  - make shared_lib
-  - popd
-  - export CFLAGS="-I${ROCKSDB}/include/"
-  - export CXXFLAGS="-I${ROCKSDB}/include/"
-  - export LDFLAGS="-L${ROCKSDB} -lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lm -lz"
-  - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${ROCKSDB}:/usr/local/lib"
+  # - export ROCKSDB=$HOME/rocksdb-master
+  # - pushd $HOME
+  # - curl -sLO https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/master.zip
+  # - unzip -q master.zip
+  # - cd rocksdb-master
+  # - make shared_lib
+  # - popd
+  # - export CFLAGS="-I${ROCKSDB}/include/"
+  # - export CXXFLAGS="-I${ROCKSDB}/include/"
+  # - export LDFLAGS="-L${ROCKSDB} -lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lm -lz"
+  # - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${ROCKSDB}:/usr/local/lib"
   - yarn
 script:
   - yarn polkadot-dev-build-travis
diff --git a/packages/db/package.json b/packages/db/package.json
index 99d11ac3b..e0e278007 100644
--- a/packages/db/package.json
+++ b/packages/db/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     "lru_map": "^0.3.3",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "node-lmdb": "^0.6.2",
-    "rocksdb-node": "jacogr/rocksdb-node#00ebfdbf0462ee615f4f48f1db403fd4df8471ea",
     "snappy": "^6.1.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/db/src/engines/RocksDb.spec.ts b/packages/db/src/engines/unused/RocksDb.spec.ts-unused
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/db/src/engines/RocksDb.spec.ts
rename to packages/db/src/engines/unused/RocksDb.spec.ts-unused
diff --git a/packages/db/src/engines/RocksDb.ts b/packages/db/src/engines/unused/RocksDb.ts-unused
similarity index 92%
rename from packages/db/src/engines/RocksDb.ts
rename to packages/db/src/engines/unused/RocksDb.ts-unused
index 1391b44d2..82e8d186c 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/engines/RocksDb.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/engines/unused/RocksDb.ts-unused
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
+// At this point, it doesn't seem to write anything to disk, so subsequent startups
+// has an empty database - again. Something is wrong in the config and with
+// life being too short...
+
 // "rocksdb-node": "jacogr/rocksdb-node#00ebfdbf0462ee615f4f48f1db403fd4df8471ea",
 
 import { BaseDb, ProgressCb } from '../types';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 941d4189c..4311c0bc3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7546,11 +7546,6 @@ mute-stream@~0.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mute-stream/-/mute-stream-0.0.8.tgz#1630c42b2251ff81e2a283de96a5497ea92e5e0d"
   integrity sha512-nnbWWOkoWyUsTjKrhgD0dcz22mdkSnpYqbEjIm2nhwhuxlSkpywJmBo8h0ZqJdkp73mb90SssHkN4rsRaBAfAA==
 
-nan@2.11.0:
-  version "2.11.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.11.0.tgz#574e360e4d954ab16966ec102c0c049fd961a099"
-  integrity sha512-F4miItu2rGnV2ySkXOQoA8FKz/SR2Q2sWP0sbTxNxz/tuokeC8WxOhPMcwi0qIyGtVn/rrSeLbvVkznqCdwYnw==
-
 nan@^2.12.0, nan@^2.12.1, nan@^2.2.1, nan@^2.9.2:
   version "2.12.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.12.1.tgz#7b1aa193e9aa86057e3c7bbd0ac448e770925552"
@@ -9543,12 +9538,6 @@ ripemd160@^2.0.0, ripemd160@^2.0.1:
     hash-base "^3.0.0"
     inherits "^2.0.1"
 
-rocksdb-node@jacogr/rocksdb-node#00ebfdbf0462ee615f4f48f1db403fd4df8471ea:
-  version "1.7.2"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/jacogr/rocksdb-node/tar.gz/00ebfdbf0462ee615f4f48f1db403fd4df8471ea"
-  dependencies:
-    nan "2.11.0"
-
 rsvp@^3.3.3:
   version "3.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rsvp/-/rsvp-3.6.2.tgz#2e96491599a96cde1b515d5674a8f7a91452926a"