diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a9a6e3695e8f1b7c7ebb316e6a3676f7cf2db1b1..06016925d7c0eeb7c53d669e3d544f9c110f2adc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ addons:
     - ninja-build
     - python-argparse
     - python-empy
-    - python-serial
     - s3cmd
     - texinfo
     - zlib1g-dev
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ before_install:
       && brew install cmake ninja
       && brew install genromfs
       && sudo easy_install pip
-      && sudo pip install pyserial empy
+      && sudo pip install empy
       ;
     fi