diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2b712442..0e97f2d4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # configuration for https://travis-ci.org/bitcoinj/bitcoinj
 language: java
 jdk: oraclejdk8
-before_install: lsb_release -a
 install: true # remove default
 script:
   - mvn -q clean install