diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index adb693dd2..e74e343d2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 language: python
+dist: xenial
 python:
   - "2.7"
   - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
   - "3.6"
   # - "pypy" - won't work as smmap doesn't work (see gitdb/.travis.yml for details)
-matrix:
+matrix: 
   include:
     - python: 3.7
       dist: xenial
-      sudo: required
     - python: "nightly"
       dist: xenial
-      sudo: required
   allow_failures:
     - python: "nightly"
 git: