diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 19d19f45e..0d8b63b98 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ before_script:
   - which pip
   - which python
   - which conda
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt
   - pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
   - conda list
   - python --version
   - which coveralls
 
-install:
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt
+# install:
+#   - pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # command to run tests
 script:
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index cc45248da..944234f3e 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 versioneer
 coverage
 coveralls
-pyRestTable
diff --git a/tests/test_filewriter.py b/tests/test_filewriter.py
index 7a48e89bb..765570cb3 100644
--- a/tests/test_filewriter.py
+++ b/tests/test_filewriter.py
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ def test_newfile_exists(self):
         write_stream(specwriter, self.db["tune_mr"])
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(testfile), "data file created")
         
+        raised = False
         try:
             specwriter.newfile(filename=testfile)
-            raised = False
         except ValueError:
             raised = True
         finally: