diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f36d9a033..e37d4e0f4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ addons:
     # using the same connection string, hence we map remote_driver on the host to localhost
     # (Docker networking takes care of wiring it up in the case of the container)
     - remote_driver
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      # external object tests use pg_dump/restore that is supposed to be able to talk to pg10
-      - postgresql-client-10
 
 env:
   COMPOSE_VERSION: 1.21.2