diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5b23ce5247c448e635a39cf7fad815784ca37cdc..3e38924d571bbb195b7120e28eaa6d8a172d4ea2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ install:
   - conda config --add channels jlaura
   - conda install -c conda-forge gdal h5py 
   - conda install pandas sqlalchemy pyyaml networkx affine protobuf
-  - conda install -c jlaura pvl
+  - pip install pvl
 
   # Development installation
   - conda install pytest  pytest-cov sh anaconda-client