diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d376bb270..000000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-before_install:
-   - sudo apt-get install -y liblog-log4perl-perl
-language: perl
-perl:
-   - '5.28'
-   - '5.26'
-   - '5.24'
-   - '5.22'
-   - '5.20'
-   - '5.18'
-   - '5.16'
-   - '5.14'
-   - '5.12'
-   - '5.10'
-install: cpanm -n Expect YAML
-script: 
-  - perl Makefile.PL
-  - make touchtestdistros 
-  - make test
diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 615feb2d0..7fd56e837 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 ^blibdirs
 ^cover_db/
 ^cp-to-perl.pl
+^.(appveyor|travis).yml
 
 # used by scripts/cpan to test installations
 ^cpan-home
diff --git a/t/12cpan.t b/t/12cpan.t
index bb579a751..b9f781581 100644
--- a/t/12cpan.t
+++ b/t/12cpan.t
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ require CPAN::HandleConfig;
         local $CPAN::Config->{yaml_module} = 'YAML::Syck';
 
         {
+            local $YAML::Syck::LoadBlessed = 1;
             my $data = CPAN->_yaml_loadfile($yaml_file)->[0];
 
             local $::yaml_load_code_works = 0;
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ require CPAN::HandleConfig;
         }
 
         {
+            local $YAML::Syck::LoadBlessed = 1;
             local $CPAN::Config->{yaml_load_code} = 1;
 
             my $data = CPAN->_yaml_loadfile($yaml_file)->[0];