diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6acaf60e332..e937369b6c4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-dist: precise
 sudo: false
 env:
   - PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=0
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ install:
   - npm install -g uglify-js handlebars jasmine-node
   - npm install mathjs
   - cpanm --quiet --notest Dist::Zilla
-  - dzil authordeps | grep -ve '^\W' | xargs -n 5 -P 10 cpanm --quiet --notest --mirror http://www.cpan.org/ --mirror http://duckpan.org --mirror-only
+  - dzil authordeps | grep -ve '^\W' | cpanm --quiet --notest --mirror http://www.cpan.org/ --mirror http://duckpan.org --mirror-only
   - dzil listdeps | grep -ve '^\W' | cpanm --quiet --notest --mirror http://www.cpan.org --mirror http://duckpan.org --mirror-only
 language: perl
 perl: