diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 93dc0752a..e79b508d1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ addons:
       - libcunit1-dev
       - libaio-dev
       - libssl-dev
-      - linux-headers-3.13.0-40-generic
 
 before_script:
   - wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-16.07.tar.xz
   - tar xf dpdk-16.07.tar.xz
-  - pushd dpdk-16.07 && make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-$CC DESTDIR=. && popd
-  - export DPDK_DIR=$PWD/dpdk-16.07/x86_64-native-linuxapp-$CC
+  - pushd dpdk-16.07
+  - make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-$CC
+  - sed -i s/CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=y/CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n/ build/.config
+  - sed -i s/CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=y/CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD=n/ build/.config
+  - make
+  - make install DESTDIR=.
+  - export DPDK_DIR=$PWD/x86_64-native-linuxapp-$CC
+  - popd
 
 script: ./unittest.sh