diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 653132ded..42886c4d3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ install:
     else
         COMPILERS=gcc_linux-64;
         MUMPS=mumps-mpi=5.1.2=h5bebb2f_1007;
-        sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:octave/stable;
-        sudo apt-get update -qq;
-        sudo apt install -y octave;
     fi
 
   - conda install $COMPILERS
@@ -77,16 +74,8 @@ install:
       conda install nlopt petsc4py petsc $MUMPS mpi4py scipy $MPI;
     fi
 
-    # Begin: Dependencies only for regression tests
-  - pip install DFO-LS
-  - pip install deap
   - conda install psutil
-  - pip install mpmath
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
-        pip install scikit-build packaging Tasmanian --user;
-    fi
-    # End: dependencies only for regression tests
-    #
+
   - pip install flake8
   - pip install coverage==4.5.4
   - pip install pytest
@@ -103,9 +92,6 @@ install:
 
 before_script:
   - flake8 libensemble
-  # - echo "export BALSAM_DB_PATH=~/test-balsam" > setbalsampath.sh
-  # - source setbalsampath.sh # Imperfect method for env var persist after setup
-  - ulimit -Sn 10000   # More concurrent file descriptors (for persis aposmm)
 
 # Run test (-z show output)
 script: