diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c055dce..6a57264 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ before_install:
 
 # command to install dependencies
 install:
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.7' ]]; then pip install --use-mirrors lxml contextlib2 mock; fi
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '3.3' ]]; then pip install --use-mirrors lxml numpy; fi
+  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.7' ]]; then pip install lxml contextlib2 mock; fi
+  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '3.3' ]]; then pip install lxml numpy; fi
 
 # command to run tests
 script: