diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ace01d825..46bca9308 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+sudo: false
 language: python
 python:
     - 2.7
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ before_install:
   # Use miniconda and conda packages to speed up dependency setup (principally 
   # borrowed from https://gist.github.com/dan-blanchard/7045057
   # and https://github.com/Jorge-C/ordination/blob/master/.travis.yml
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran python-qt4 lcov
+  #- sudo apt-get update -qq
+  #- sudo apt-get install -qq libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran python-qt4 lcov
   - gem install coveralls-lcov
   - wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
   - chmod +x miniconda.sh