diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5fcde4391..5e6744653 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,25 +9,25 @@ os:
 
 before_script:
     # g++4.8 for C++11 which is required by rocksdb
-    - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "linux" ]; then 
-        sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
-        sudo apt-get update -y -qq
-        sudo apt-get install -qq --yes --force-yes g++-4.8
-        sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8 50
+    #- if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "linux" ]; then 
+        #sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+        #sudo apt-get update -y -qq
+        #sudo apt-get install -qq --yes --force-yes g++-4.8
+        #sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8 50
 
-        wget https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/rocksdb-3.13.tar.gz
-        tar xvf rocksdb-3.13.tar.gz && cd rocksdb-rocksdb-3.13 && make shared_lib
-        sudo make install
-        cd ..
-      else
+        #wget https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/rocksdb-3.13.tar.gz
+        #tar xvf rocksdb-3.13.tar.gz && cd rocksdb-rocksdb-3.13 && make shared_lib
+        #sudo make install
+        #cd ..
+      #else
         brew update
         brew install rocksdb
-      fi
+      #fi
 
 after_success:
-    - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "linux" ]; then 
-        sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libelf-dev libdw-dev
-        wget https://github.com/SimonKagstrom/kcov/archive/master.tar.gz
-        tar xzf master.tar.gz && mkdir kcov-master/build && cd kcov-master/build && cmake .. && make && sudo make install && cd ../.. &&
-        kcov --coveralls-id=$TRAVIS_JOB_ID --exclude-pattern=/.cargo target/kcov target/debug/ethcore_util-*
-      fi
+    #- if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "linux" ]; then 
+        #sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libelf-dev libdw-dev
+        #wget https://github.com/SimonKagstrom/kcov/archive/master.tar.gz
+        #tar xzf master.tar.gz && mkdir kcov-master/build && cd kcov-master/build && cmake .. && make && sudo make install && cd ../.. &&
+        #kcov --coveralls-id=$TRAVIS_JOB_ID --exclude-pattern=/.cargo target/kcov target/debug/ethcore_util-*
+      #fi