diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7393c41..bf9c38e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
       - cscope
 
 before_install:
-  - rvm reset
   - if [ "$COVERAGE" = "yes" ]; then pip install --user cpp-coveralls; fi
     # needed for https support for coveralls
     # building cffi only works with gcc, not with clang