diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 36d7715..776b4b8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable --yes
   - sudo apt-get --yes --force-yes update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install --yes libudunits2-dev libproj-dev libgeos-dev libgdal-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
-  - Rscript -e 'update.packages(ask = FALSE)'
   # docker images for integration tests
   # --> PostGIS/GeoServer
   - docker pull kartoza/postgis