diff --git a/ci/travis/linux/before_install.sh b/ci/travis/linux/before_install.sh
index 8c9e695210c..95377ae6cfe 100755
--- a/ci/travis/linux/before_install.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/linux/before_install.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-wget -O - http://llvm.org/apt/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
-sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://llvm.org/apt/precise/ llvm-toolchain-precise-3.7 main' -y
-
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa -y
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable -y # For postgresql-9.1-postgis-2.1
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:smspillaz/cmake-3.0.2 -y
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kedazo/doxygen-updates-precise -y # For doxygen 1.8.8
-sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
 sudo apt-get update -qq
 sudo apt-get install --force-yes --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests \
         bison \
@@ -65,6 +61,3 @@ sudo apt-get install --force-yes --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests \
         postgresql-9.1-postgis-2.1/precise # from ubuntugis-unstable, not pgdg
 
 sudo -H pip install autopep8 # TODO when switching to trusty or above: replace python-pip with python-autopep8
-
-#update clang
-sudo apt-get install --force-yes llvm-3.7 llvm-3.7-dev clang-3.7 libstdc++-4.9-dev
diff --git a/ci/travis/linux/install.sh b/ci/travis/linux/install.sh
index de2d81b58e0..9e5877a3857 100755
--- a/ci/travis/linux/install.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/linux/install.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 mkdir build
 cd build
 
-export CXX="clang++-3.7"
-export CC="clang-3.7"
-
-cmake --version
-${CC} --version
-
 cmake -DWITH_SERVER=ON \
       -DWITH_STAGED_PLUGINS=ON \
       -DWITH_GRASS=ON \