diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f8ec177..f50ef8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ install:
   - sudo mk-build-deps -ir -t "apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends"
   # remove packages needed for mk-build-deps
   - sudo apt-get purge -qq equivs
-  - sudo apt-get autoremove -qq
 
 script:
   # build the debian package