diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f80889d51..de956a665 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         - conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
         - conda update -q conda
         - conda info -a
-        - conda env create -f environment.yml
+        - conda create -n augur -c bioconda python=$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION mafft raxml fasttree iqtree vcftools pip
         - source activate augur
       install:
         - pip install -e .[dev]