diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c89a01bf0c05ce4e3ceecfb72b621d95859dc6d1..88cf8e15c41888deab3b1be712c724679401a731 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ matrix:
 before_install:
 - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
 - sudo apt-get update -qq                                           
-- sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libjpeg8-dev libnetpbm10-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libgif-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libgif-dev libmatio-dev libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended
-- sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes dvipng texlive-latex-base texlive-math-extra 
+- sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libjpeg8-dev libnetpbm10-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libgif-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libgif-dev libmatio-dev libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev 
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran
-- sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes python-opencv libcv-dev libcvaux-dev libopencv-dev
 - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq gfortran; fi
 - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then pip install --find-links http://wheels.astropy.org/ --find-links http://wheels2.astropy.org/ --use-wheel numpy$NUMPYSPEC; fi
-- pip install --find-links http://wheels.astropy.org/ --find-links http://wheels2.astropy.org/ --use-wheel numpy scipy sphinx nose==1.3.0 jinja2==2.6 pygments==1.6 coveralls
+- pip install --find-links http://wheels.astropy.org/ --find-links http://wheels2.astropy.org/ --use-wheel numpy sphinx nose==1.3.0 jinja2==2.6 pygments==1.6 coveralls
 install:
 - python bootstrap-buildout.py
 - ./bin/buildout