diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d990a31..23b6c1b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ before_install:
   - sudo rm -rf /dev/shm
   - sudo ln -Tsf /{run,dev}/shm
 
-  # SCAMP requires libplplotd.so.9, but Ubuntu 12.04 installs libplplotd.so.11
-  - sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libplplotd.so.{11,9}
-
   # 'travis_wait': avoid timeout during SciPy installation
   - travis_wait sudo ./ci/travis-setup.sh
   - python ./setup.py