diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8a9837b..df2c56a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ env:
   global:
     # directory containing the project source
     - REPO_DIR=.
-    - BUILD_DEPENDS="wheel==0.31.1 auditwheel"
+    - BUILD_DEPENDS="wheel==0.31.1"
     # pip dependencies to _test_ project
     - TEST_DEPENDS="tox wheel==0.31.1"
     # this to so prevent the latest wheel==0.32.0 from being installed in the venv