diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 89b7ecc7427037af45952b7bea3db457495a6d62..18d41a1ab2f67a6daeba8dc859fcb05f7b9255a9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ install:
     fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then sudo apt-get update -qq ; fi
 # install some package - these are fast, we install them anyway
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then sudo apt-get install -y libmatheval-dev libfftw3-dev gsl-bin libgsl0-dev ; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then sudo apt-get install -y libfftw3-dev gsl-bin libgsl0-dev ; fi
   - if test "$PLUMED_CXX" ; then ./.travis/install.xdrfile ; fi
 # cppcheck:
 # I use 1.71 since 1.72 seems to report a lot of false positive