diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e17cd06..eddfc74 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 language: cpp
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
 compiler:
   - gcc
   - clang
@@ -6,16 +8,12 @@ env:
   - CXXSTD=c++11
   - CXXSTD=c++1y
 before_install:
-  - sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:zoogie/sdl2-snapshots
-  - sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
-  - sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-2
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install -qq cmake libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev g++-4.8 cppcheck doxygen
-  - sudo sed -i -e 's|friend class hash|friend struct hash|' /usr/include/c++/4.8/bits/stl_bvector.h
-  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq cmake libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev cppcheck doxygen
+  - sudo sed -i -e '/using ::gets/ d' /usr/include/c++/4.8/cstdio # build failure with clang/c++1y
 script:
   - cmake . -DSDL2PP_ENABLE_LIVE_TESTS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`pwd`.prefix -DSDL2PP_WITH_WERROR=YES -DSDL2PP_CXXSTD=$CXXSTD
   - VERBOSE=1 make && make test && make install
-  - cppcheck -I . --enable=style,performance,portability,information,missingInclude --error-exitcode=2 SDL2pp
+  - cppcheck -I . --enable=performance,portability,information,missingInclude --error-exitcode=2 SDL2pp # `style' gives false positive in cppcheck 1.61 which comes with trusty
   - "if make doxygen 2>&1 | grep 'warning:'; then echo 'FATAL: doxygen warnings!'; false; fi"
   - "if git ls-files --others --exclude-standard | grep ''; then echo 'FATAL: incomplete .gitignore'; false; fi"