diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9935cb631..81dd2b168 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ env:
   - secure: "uJuuefmnJUuEH15ZD8xQilibx7EeBvMHBLoIZ8bgGHeleEImBD0XbD1ypvhYJKpviOmw5BkZmc9bVO8DGDEHYbSlIa2xDlF6vGrwgCEaxcMIhOAhv+dW9C/maJVieLOEPM01/fK2qdKESZaLvlopkWmxZwDyMObI9L7AMW9zQD8=" # BINTRAY_USER
   - secure: "L3aPSNLySPXtWCW+xf8h/AAdquwNgxyTQpYOwexJmTPav82Qx8uQlp1yJkUmt+a+FLZDFfQeMivaHq0311RvuQVmkAJx49DjaddrwqOJut2UPsoVDn1WeuAcSHIXOq/0H+zgFMr/PGY0HXIsw1mTMhgheGJNqg09BvYWROCEAcA=" # BINTRAY_KEY
   - secure: "sBMVn4C/WRWgoAytEFGx4CC5O55Q63h02AcuBnb1jXcBm0RenoBpzUPtxSseJwDPUA1o/UkuEDDjm3PosT5NF+dvED01VDFMsPVE11K0u6+avYy3jYXqyUEDW3G2o6Wo/2aqNjmd++8jskBdS9+Cx9gaFbgxfzSp0Yfu3oJm/4c=" # GH_TOKEN
+  - secure: "HPMBtknjHM9CjaEoTVLiNtjg7JxmEZ+6AzqjT1LsA0e52dIlWzcRLVLL4uAR8SqMfR1iSj4lW74DzFXEnJCKa+04hiTp9Z/6zw/tX/mFOkkpz8H2gVttXh68NRHLJSJrRX/5fGCcl7AHypADBaoybjEmwjFxYRZ1Nwf81SwQVik=" # BALTO_TOKEN
 install:
   - if [ -a .git/shallow ]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
   - docker pull ${BASENAME} || ./travis/docker-build-and-push.sh ${BASENAME} travis/travis-base.Dockerfile
@@ -40,25 +41,9 @@ script:
   - ./travis/skip-pkg.sh || docker run -v $PWD:/usr/src/i3/ -w /usr/src/i3 ${BASENAME_386} linux32 ./travis/debian-build.sh deb/debian-i386/DIST
   - ./travis/skip-pkg.sh || docker run -v $PWD:/usr/src/i3/ -w /usr/src/i3 ${BASENAME_UBUNTU_386} linux32 ./travis/debian-build.sh deb/ubuntu-i386/DIST
   - ./travis/skip-pkg.sh || docker run -v $PWD:/usr/src/i3/ -w /usr/src/i3 ${BASENAME} ./travis/docs.sh
-  - ./travis/skip-pkg.sh || travis/prep-bintray.sh
+  - ./travis/skip-pkg.sh || travis/push-balto.sh
 
 deploy:
-  - provider: bintray
-    file: travis/bintray-autobuild-debian.json
-    user: $BINTRAY_USER
-    key: $BINTRAY_KEY
-    skip_cleanup: true
-    on:
-      branch: next
-      condition: $CC = gcc
-  - provider: bintray
-    file: travis/bintray-autobuild-ubuntu.json
-    user: $BINTRAY_USER
-    key: $BINTRAY_KEY
-    skip_cleanup: true
-    on:
-      branch: next
-      condition: $CC = gcc
   - provider: script
     script: travis/deploy-github-pages.sh
     skip_cleanup: true
@@ -66,6 +51,7 @@ deploy:
       branch: next
       condition: $CC = gcc
 
-after_deploy:
-  - travis/cleanup-bintray.pl i3-autobuild
-  - travis/cleanup-bintray.pl i3-autobuild-ubuntu
+# TODO: implement cleanup if we stick with balto
+#after_deploy:
+#  - travis/cleanup-bintray.pl i3-autobuild
+#  - travis/cleanup-bintray.pl i3-autobuild-ubuntu
diff --git a/travis/bintray-autobuild-debian.json b/travis/bintray-autobuild-debian.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d01b7dbaa..000000000
--- a/travis/bintray-autobuild-debian.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-   "package": {
-        "name": "i3-wm",
-        "repo": "i3-autobuild",
-        "subject": "i3"
-    },
-
-    "version": {
-        "name": "%version%",
-        "desc": "TODO",
-        "gpgSign": false
-    },
-
-    "files": [
-        {
-            "includePattern": "distbuild/deb/debian-amd64/(.*\\.deb)$",
-	    "matrixParams": {
-                "deb_distribution": "sid",
-                "deb_component": "main",
-                "deb_architecture": "amd64"
-	    },
-	    "uploadPattern": "$1"
-        },
-        {
-            "includePattern": "distbuild/deb/debian-i386/(.*\\.deb)$",
-	    "matrixParams": {
-                "deb_distribution": "sid",
-                "deb_component": "main",
-                "deb_architecture": "i386"
-	    },
-	    "uploadPattern": "$1"
-        }
-    ],
-
-    "publish": true
-}
diff --git a/travis/bintray-autobuild-ubuntu.json b/travis/bintray-autobuild-ubuntu.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c0d6114c..000000000
--- a/travis/bintray-autobuild-ubuntu.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{
-   "package": {
-        "name": "i3-wm",
-        "repo": "i3-autobuild-ubuntu",
-        "subject": "i3"
-    },
-
-    "version": {
-        "name": "%version%",
-        "desc": "TODO",
-        "gpgSign": false
-    },
-
-    "files": [
-        {
-            "includePattern": "distbuild/deb/ubuntu-amd64/(.*\\.deb)$",
-	    "matrixParams": {
-                "deb_distribution": "bionic",
-                "deb_component": "main",
-                "deb_architecture": "amd64"
-	    },
-	    "uploadPattern": "$1"
-        },
-        {
-            "includePattern": "distbuild/deb/ubuntu-i386/(.*\\.deb)$",
-	    "matrixParams": {
-                "deb_distribution": "bionic",
-                "deb_component": "main",
-                "deb_architecture": "i386"
-	    },
-	    "uploadPattern": "$1"
-        }
-    ],
-
-    "publish": true
-}
diff --git a/travis/prep-bintray.sh b/travis/prep-bintray.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4ea56dcd4..000000000
--- a/travis/prep-bintray.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-sed -i "s,%version%,$(git describe --tags),g" travis/bintray-autobuild-*.json
diff --git a/travis/push-balto.sh b/travis/push-balto.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffa5ee15a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis/push-balto.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+for fn in distbuild/deb/debian-amd64/*.deb distbuild/deb/debian-i386/*.deb
+do
+    echo "pushing $fn to balto"
+    curl \
+	--header "Authorization: Bearer ${BALTO_TOKEN}" \
+	--form "package=@${fn}" \
+	--form distribution=all \
+	https://i3.baltorepo.com/i3/i3-autobuild/upload/
+done
+
+for fn in distbuild/deb/ubuntu-amd64/*.deb distbuild/deb/ubuntu-i386/*.deb
+do
+    echo "pushing $fn to balto"
+    curl \
+	--header "Authorization: Bearer ${BALTO_TOKEN}" \
+	--form "package=@${fn}" \
+	--form distribution=all \
+	https://i3.baltorepo.com/i3/i3-autobuild-ubuntu/upload/
+done