diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 87bc5fa..a75acd9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 language:
     bash
 
-dist: trusty
 sudo: required
 
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-    - mysql-server-5.6
-    - mysql-client-core-5.6
-    - mysql-client-5.6
-
 services:
     mysql
 
@@ -19,7 +11,7 @@ os:
     osx
 
 before_script:
-    ls /var/run; ls /run; alias mysql='mysql --socket=/run/mysql-5.6/mysqld.sock'; mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travistest;'
+    mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travistest;'
 
 script:
     TRAVIS_RUN=true dev/tests/run_tests.sh