diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4f0edbe..c3361a3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ install:
     - "find deps -executable -type f"
 
 script:
+    - "kmc"
+    - "skesa --version"
     - "shovill --version"
     - "shovill --check"
     - "shovill --help"
     - "! shovill --doesnotexist"
-    - "shovill --cpus 4 --ram 4 --outdir out.spades --assembler spades --R1 test/R1.fq.gz --R2 test/R2.fq.gz --nostitch --noreadcorr --nocorr"
+    - "shovill --outdir out.spades --assembler spades --R1 test/R1.fq.gz --R2 test/R2.fq.gz --nostitch --noreadcorr --nocorr"
     - "grep '>' out.spades/contigs.fa"
-    - "shovill --cpus 4 --ram 4 --outdir out.megahit --assembler megahit --R1 test/R1.fq.gz --R2 test/R2.fq.gz --trim"
+    - "shovill --outdir out.megahit --assembler megahit --R1 test/R1.fq.gz --R2 test/R2.fq.gz --trim"
     - "grep '>' out.megahit/contigs.fa"
-    - "shovill --cpus 4 --ram 4 --outdir out.velvet --assembler velvet --R1 test/R1.fq.gz --R2 test/R2.fq.gz --ram 4 --noreadcorr --nocorr"
+    - "shovill --outdir out.velvet --assembler velvet --R1 test/R1.fq.gz --R2 test/R2.fq.gz --ram 4 --noreadcorr --nocorr"
     - "grep '>' out.velvet/contigs.fa"
diff --git a/bin/shovill b/bin/shovill
index 69ddb5d..a821cd0 100755
--- a/bin/shovill
+++ b/bin/shovill
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ my %VERSION = (
   'pilon'       => 'pilon --version 2>&1 | grep -v _JAVA',
 );
 
-# some tools are just too hard to put into TRAVIS...
-if ($ENV{TRAVIS} eq 'true') {
-  msg("Running in TRAVIS, will remove skesa assembler");
-  delete $VERSION{'skesa'};
-}
-
 # Hardware stats
 my $CORES = num_cpus();
 my $MEMORY = avail_ram_gb();