diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f3f68d2..526ddcc5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ env:
 install:
  - sudo apt-get update
 
- # Xvfb
- - sudo apt-get install -y xvfb
+ # Xvfb / window manager
+ - sudo apt-get install -y xvfb herbstluftwm
 
  # Qt
  - python scripts/install-qt.py
@@ -38,10 +38,16 @@ install:
  # others
  - pip install coveralls --use-wheel
 
+before_script:
+ - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
+ - "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+ - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start
+ - "herbstluftwm &"
+ - sleep 1
+
 script:
  - python setup.py develop
- # change screen size and depth in attempt to fix waitActive test (#160)
- - catchsegv xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 640x480x24" coverage run --source=pytestqt setup.py test
+ - catchsegv coverage run --source=pytestqt setup.py test
  - tox -e lint
 
 after_success:
diff --git a/pytestqt/qt_compat.py b/pytestqt/qt_compat.py
index 3dd6b468..22f0bf88 100644
--- a/pytestqt/qt_compat.py
+++ b/pytestqt/qt_compat.py
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ def _import_module(module_name):
             self.Property = QtCore.Property
             self.QApplication = QtGui.QApplication
             self.QWidget = QtGui.QWidget
-            self.QLineEdit = QtGui.QLineEdit
             self.QStringListModel = QtGui.QStringListModel
             self.qInstallMsgHandler = QtCore.qInstallMsgHandler
 
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ def make_variant(value=None):
                 _QtWidgets = _import_module('QtWidgets')
                 self.QApplication = _QtWidgets.QApplication
                 self.QWidget = _QtWidgets.QWidget
-                self.QLineEdit = _QtWidgets.QLineEdit
                 self.qInstallMessageHandler = QtCore.qInstallMessageHandler
 
                 self.QStringListModel = QtCore.QStringListModel
diff --git a/tests/test_basics.py b/tests/test_basics.py
index 0464cb82..835c2fab 100644
--- a/tests/test_basics.py
+++ b/tests/test_basics.py
@@ -84,16 +84,11 @@ def test_wait_window(show, method_name, qtbot):
                 pass
         assert str(exc_info.value) == 'Available in PyQt5 only'
     else:
-        widget = qt_api.QLineEdit()
+        widget = qt_api.QWidget()
         qtbot.add_widget(widget)
         if show:
             with method(widget, timeout=1000):
-                widget.move(100, 100)
-                widget.resize(100, 100)
-                widget.setFocus()
                 widget.show()
-                if 'TRAVIS' in os.environ and method_name == 'waitActive':
-                    pytest.xfail('skipping this check on travis, see #160')
         else:
             with pytest.raises(qtbot.TimeoutError):
                 with method(widget, timeout=100):