diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6c4dccdf19bca225be8727aa04f416f4b8eeea2a..879315d3a64c348b0838ac25007ec46ba9fe3f20 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,16 +34,18 @@ install:
   - conda update -q conda
   # Useful for debugging any issues with conda
   - conda info -a
-  - conda install conda
-  - conda env create
-  - source activate plio
+
+  # Install not using env because build needs to be in root env
+  - conda install -c conda-forge gdal h5py
+  - conda install pandas sqlalchemy pyyaml
+  - pip install pvl protobuf==3.0.0.b2
 
   # Development installation
   - conda install nose coverage
   - pip install coveralls
 
   # Install sh and binstar to support upload to Anaconda
-  - conda install sh anaconda-client
+  - conda install sh anaconda-client conda
 
 script:
   - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=plio