diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1990cb960..d9b24c584 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: python
 os: linux
-python: 
-  - "2.7"
+python:
   - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
diff --git a/test/test_sys_checkout.py b/test/test_sys_checkout.py
index 007f5e489..ff9d5024d 100644
--- a/test/test_sys_checkout.py
+++ b/test/test_sys_checkout.py
@@ -1591,7 +1591,8 @@ def setUp(self):
         """
 
         # Run the basic setup
-        super(TestSubrepoCheckout, self).setUp()
+        #super(TestSubrepoCheckout, self).setUp()
+        super().setUp()
         # create test repo
         # We need to do this here (rather than have a static repo) because
         # git submodules do not allow for variables in .gitmodules files