diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ef2066076..e746f291b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 language: python
 python:
   - "3.3"
-virtualenv:
-  system_site_packages: true
 before_install:
   - export d=`pwd`
   - sudo apt-get update -qq