diff --git a/.travis/build.sh b/.travis/build.sh
index 3cadbf0cee1..1b7aaac6f88 100755
--- a/.travis/build.sh
+++ b/.travis/build.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ function install_dpdk()
     fi
     find ./ -type f | xargs sed -i 's/max-inline-insns-single=100/max-inline-insns-single=400/'
     sed -ri 's,(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_COMBINE_LIBS=).*,\1y,' config/common_linuxapp
-    sed -ri 's,(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST=).*,\1y,' config/common_linuxapp
-    sed -ri 's,(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_USER=).*,\1n,' config/common_linuxapp
-    sed -ri '/CONFIG_RTE_LIBNAME/a CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC=y' config/common_linuxapp
+    echo 'CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC=y' >>config/common_linuxapp
     sed -ri '/EXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC/{s/$/\nelse ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_BUILD_FPIC),y)/;s/$/\nEXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC/}' mk/exec-env/linuxapp/rte.vars.mk
     make config CC=gcc T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
     make CC=gcc RTE_KERNELDIR=$KERNELSRC