diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9be7b771..3ecef068 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ notifications:
     - hanno@hannosch.eu
     - pycassa.maintainer@gmail.com
 
-before_install:
-    - test -f "/usr/local/cassandra/etc/cassandra-env.sh" && sudo rm -f /usr/local/cassandra/conf/cassandra-env.sh && sudo ln -s /usr/local/cassandra/etc/cassandra-env.sh /usr/local/cassandra/conf/cassandra-env.sh
-    - sudo service cassandra start
-    - sleep 3
+services:
+    - cassandra
 
 install:
     - python setup.py develop