diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7784189a466..b669f47ccd7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ compiler:
 os:
   - linux
   - osx
-install:
-    - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-5" CC="gcc-5"; fi
-    - if [ "$CXX" = "clang++" ]; then export CXX="clang++-3.7" CC="clang-3.7"; fi
 matrix:
   exclude:
     - os: osx