diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fe9a615c1..60196c3c5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -422,6 +422,14 @@ matrix:
     - compiler: clang
       os: osx
       env: SWIGLANG=tcl
+    - compiler: clang
+      os: osx
+      env: SWIGLANG=java CPP17=1
+      osx_image: xcode10.2
+    - compiler: clang
+      os: osx
+      env: SWIGLANG=python PY3=3 CPP17=1
+      osx_image: xcode10.2
 
   allow_failures:
     # seg fault in director_basic testcase
diff --git a/Tools/travis-osx-install.sh b/Tools/travis-osx-install.sh
index 1cf73c5c0..393d96e60 100755
--- a/Tools/travis-osx-install.sh
+++ b/Tools/travis-osx-install.sh
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ case "$SWIGLANG" in
 		;;
 	"python")
 		WITHLANG=$SWIGLANG$PY3
-		if [[ "$PY3" ]]; then
-			travis_retry brew upgrade python
-		fi
 		;;
 esac