diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3d9b018576..157621c58d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 sudo: false
+dist: xenial
 
 branches:
   only:
@@ -16,11 +17,6 @@ addons:
  
     
 install:
-  - doxygen --version
-  - sudo apt-get install python-software-properties 
-  - sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-2
-  - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt-get install doxygen
   - doxygen --version
   ############################################################################
   # All the dependencies are installed in ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/deps/