diff --git a/scripts/travis_script.sh b/scripts/travis_script.sh
index d90de8890..316d12401 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_script.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_script.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ elif [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     #
     # build & test Linux
     #
-    echo "removing potentially conflicting libraries"
-    # remove travis default installed libs which will conflict
-    sudo apt-get purge -qq -y libtiff* libjpeg* libpng3
-    sudo apt-get autoremove -y -qq
     mapbox_time "compile_program" \
     make linux -j$JOBS BUILDTYPE=${BUILDTYPE}
 
@@ -37,9 +33,9 @@ elif [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     ./scripts/compare_images.sh
 
     if [ ! -z "${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" ] && [ ! -z "${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" ] ; then
-	mapbox_time_start "deploy_results"
-	(cd ./test/suite/ && ./bin/deploy_results.sh)
-	mapbox_time_finish
+        mapbox_time_start "deploy_results"
+        (cd ./test/suite/ && ./bin/deploy_results.sh)
+        mapbox_time_finish
     fi
 
 elif [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "osx" ]]; then