diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b26b03c6..479e90b74 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@ matrix:
   fast_finish: true
 sudo: false
 before_script:
-- travis_retry composer self-update
 - npm install -g grunt-cli
 - npm install
-- if [ $(phpenv version-name) != "5.3" ]; then composer install; fi
-- if [ $(phpenv version-name) != "5.3" ]; then mysql -e 'create database xe_test;'; fi
-- if [ $(phpenv version-name) != "5.3" ]; then echo "USE mysql;\nUPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD('travis')
-  WHERE user='travis';\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\n" | mysql -u root; fi
-- if [ $(phpenv version-name) != "5.3" ]; then php -S localhost:8000 & fi
+- mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE xe_test;"
+- echo "USE mysql;\nUPDATE user SET password=PASSWORD('travis') WHERE user='travis';\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\n" | mysql -u root
+- php -S localhost:8000 &
+- if [ $(phpenv version-name) == "5.3" ]; then touch codecept.phar; fi
+- if [ $(phpenv version-name) == "5.4" ]; then wget http://codeception.com/releases/2.0.16/codecept.phar; fi
+- if [ ! -f codecept.phar ]; then wget http://codeception.com/codecept.phar; fi
 script:
 - grunt lint
 - grunt minify
-- if [ $(phpenv version-name) != "5.3" ]; then ./vendor/bin/codecept build; fi
-- if [ $(phpenv version-name) != "5.3" ]; then ./vendor/bin/codecept run -d --fail-fast --env travis; fi
+- if [ -f codecept.phar ]; then php codecept.phar build; fi
+- if [ -f codecept.phar ]; then php codecept.phar run -d --fail-fast --env travis; fi
 notifications:
   email: false