diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 780ee1b..12371d9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ latex: false
 compiler: clang
 osx_image: xcode9
 
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+      - devscripts
 
 os:
   - linux
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ before_install:
 - echo "CC=${CC}, CXX=${CXX}, CXX1X=${CXX1X}"
 - echo "CXX1XSTD=${CXX1XSTD}, CXX11=${CXX11}"
 - clang_cxx
-- hdf5_install ;
+# - hdf5_install ;
 - export cmake_version="3.14"
 - cmake --version
 - x=`cmake_setup`; echo "${x}"; eval ${x};