diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b122ce9..01d31df 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ before_install:
   - ./miniconda.sh -b -p `pwd`/miniconda
   - export PATH=`pwd`/miniconda/bin:$PATH
   - conda update --yes conda
-  # The next couple lines fix a crash with multiprocessing on Travis and are not specific to using Miniconda
-  - sudo rm -rf /dev/shm
-  - sudo ln -s /run/shm /dev/shm
 
 install:
   - conda install --yes python=$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION numpy scipy pysal scikit-learn