diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1c9de2a..dd6a172 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dist: trusty
+dist: xenial
 sudo: false
 
 language: d
@@ -7,18 +7,15 @@ os:
  - osx
 d:
  - dmd
- #- dmd-beta
- #- dmd-nightly
  - ldc
- #- ldc-beta
 
 before_install:
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then pyenv global system 3.6; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-setuptools; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then pip3 install 'meson==0.48.2'; fi  
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew update; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew install ninja; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew upgrade python; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then pip3 install 'meson==0.47.2'; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then pip3 install 'meson==0.47.2'; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then pip3 install 'meson==0.48.2'; fi  
 
 install:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then mkdir .ntmp && curl -L https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.8.2/ninja-linux.zip -o .ntmp/ninja-linux.zip; fi