diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2b4d9132..6813d7ac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ before_install:
   - pip install pytest-cov
   - pip install coveralls
   - pip install future
+  - pip install pandas
+  - pip install xarray
   - pip install matplotlib
 
 install:
@@ -26,10 +28,6 @@ install:
 before_script:
   # set up display screen
   - export DISPLAY=:99.0
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION < "3.0" ]]; then
-      sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start;
-      sleep 3;
-    fi
 
 script:
   - pytest -vs --cov=sami2py/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06ee3d1f..8ddb478d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
   - Added CHANGELOG.md
   - Switched to pytest for unit testing
   - Removes python 3.4 testing from Travis
+  - Adds manual install of pandas / xarray to Travis workflow to fix setup
 
 ## [0.1.2] - 2019-07-02
 - Patch to fix loading of unformatted output files.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 748dc351..fec89c39 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers =
   License :: BSD
   Natural Language :: English
   Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
-  Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 
 [options]
-python_requires = >= 2.7
+python_requires = >= 3.5
 setup_requires =
   setuptools >= 38.6
   pip >= 10
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ zip_safe = False
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
   numpy
-  pandas<0.25 # FIXME: upper limit on pandas and xarray are just so Travis CI passes python 2.7 tests.
-  xarray<0.12
+  pandas
+  xarray
+  matplotlib
 scripts =