diff --git a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
index ccda31c99..f837e7416 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ elif [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "osx" ]]; then
     # install OS X dependencies
     #
     mapbox_time "install_build_tools" \
-    brew install makedepend git
+    brew install git
 
     mapbox_time "install_awscli" \
     sudo pip install awscli