diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 10a6cca66793f8eb286672dfef5e99dc7230b4d5..6a45f183e45e551b832fead0de0040e7f8c3b4e8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ matrix:
         - NUMPYSPEC===1.8.0
 before_install:
 - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
-- sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob.preview
 - sudo apt-get update -qq
-- sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes bob-dev
-- if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev
-  liblapack-dev gfortran; fi
+- sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev libhdf5-serial-dev;
+- if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq gfortran; fi
 - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then pip install --upgrade pip setuptools; fi
 - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then pip install --find-links http://wheels.astropy.org/
   --find-links http://wheels2.astropy.org/ --use-wheel numpy$NUMPYSPEC sphinx nose;