diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 121a4095..ff89b601 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ Fixes #0000
 
 * Change 1
 * Change 2
+
+<!--- Please remember to allow edits from maintainers: https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork --->
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 14fb2308..4e7c8d72 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-- 10.4.0
+  - 10.4.0
 before_install:
+  # Only deploy if the version number has changed
+  - |
+    if git diff --unified=0 $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE package.json | grep version ; then
+      export VERSION_CHANGED="yes"
+    fi
   - npm i -g npm@6.4.1
 install:
-- npm install
+  - npm install
 script:
-- npm run lint
-- bash scripts/versionCheck.sh $TRAVIS_BRANCH $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST
-- npm test
+  - npm run lint
+  - npm test
 before_deploy:
-- npm run build
+  - npm run build
 deploy:
   skip_cleanup: true
   provider: npm
@@ -18,3 +22,4 @@ deploy:
   api_key: $NPM_KEY
   on:
     branch: master
+    condition: "$VERSION_CHANGED == 'yes'"
diff --git a/scripts/versionCheck.sh b/scripts/versionCheck.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 130650b8..00000000
--- a/scripts/versionCheck.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e # halt script on error
-
-TARGET_BRANCH=$1
-IS_PULL_REQUEST=$2  # false if not a pull request,
-
-# Makes sure travis checks version only if doing a pull request
-if [ "$IS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]
-    then
-        PACKAGE_VERSION=$(grep version package.json | awk -F: '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/[\",]//g' | tr -d ':space:') && echo "Package Version: $PACKAGE_VERSION"
-        CURRENT_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(git show 'origin/'"$TARGET_BRANCH"':package.json' | grep version | head -1 | awk -F: '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/[\",]//g' | tr -d ':space:') && echo "Latest Version: $CURRENT_PACKAGE_VERSION"
-
-        if [ "$CURRENT_PACKAGE_VERSION" = "$PACKAGE_VERSION" ]
-            then
-                echo "Failure reason: Version number should be bumped."
-                exit 1
-        fi
-fi