diff --git a/matrix-notifier b/matrix-notifier
index b92fb3e..0309e46 100755
--- a/matrix-notifier
+++ b/matrix-notifier
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ usage() {
     print_err "  -h, --help"
     print_err "    print this usage screen and exit"
     print_err "  -t, --type"
-    print_err "    which message type should be sent must be one of"
-    print_err "    'text' or 'notice', or 'auto'."
-    print_err "    The special value 'auto' defaults to 'notice', unless"
-    print_err "    'DRONE_BUILD_STATUS' indicates a failure."
+    print_err "    which message type should be sent"
+    print_err "    must be one of 'text' or 'notice'"
 }
 
 # Blessed Stack Overflow
@@ -59,18 +57,6 @@ ensure_variables() {
     fi
 }
 
-get_message_type() {
-    if [ "$MSG_TYPE" == "auto" ]; then
-        if [ "$DRONE_BUILD_STATUS" == "failure" ]; then
-            MSG_TYPE="text"
-        else
-            MSG_TYPE="notice"
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    printf '%s' "m.$MSG_TYPE"
-}
-
 send_message() {
     local login_json
     local token
@@ -95,13 +81,13 @@ send_message() {
     fi
 
     message_json="$(printf '%s' "$MESSAGE" |
-        jq --raw-input --slurp "{msgtype: \"$(get_message_type)\", body: .}")"
+        jq --raw-input --slurp "{msgtype: \"$MSG_TYPE\", body: .}")"
     curl -XPOST \
         -d "$message_json" \
         "$ADDRESS/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/$(rawurlencode "$ROOM")/send/m.room.message?access_token=$(rawurlencode "$token")" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
-MSG_TYPE='auto'
+MSG_TYPE='m.notice'
 
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     opt="$1"
@@ -111,19 +97,14 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         -t|--type)
             arg="$1"
             shift
-
             if [ -z "$arg" ]; then
                 print_err "Must give a message type when using '-t|--type'"
                 exit 1
+            elif [ "$arg" != "text" ] && [ "$arg" != "notice" ]; then
+                print_err "Invalid message type '$arg'"
+                exit 1
             fi
-
-            for type in text notice auto; do
-                if [ "$arg" == "$type" ]; then
-                    continue 2 # Go to next argument
-                fi
-            done
-            print_err "Invalid message type '$arg'"
-            exit 1
+            MSG_TYPE="m.$arg"
             ;;
         -h|--help)
             usage