diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 578c7f43..fd85bf61 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ compiler:
 before_install:
     - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get update -qq; fi
     - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get -y install bison autotools-dev libncurses5-dev libevent-dev pkg-config libutempter-dev build-essential; fi
-    - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew update; fi
 
 script:
     - ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make