diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3fadf8deb787bfb1d055496c5987798297f80bbf..e217c8f5a740ef5ab7315656ed7839ffa219c805 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ addons:
       - python
       - python-pip
       - python2.7-dev
-      - python-numpy
       - python-wheel
       - libboost-dev
       - curl
@@ -35,8 +34,8 @@ before_install:
   - if [[ "$JOB" == "check_style" ]]; then sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang-format-3.8 /usr/bin/clang-format; fi
   # Paddle is using protobuf 3.1 currently. Protobuf 3.2 breaks the compatibility. So we specify the python
   # protobuf version.
-  - pip install -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/python/requirements.txt
-  - pip install wheel sphinx==1.5.6 recommonmark sphinx-rtd-theme==0.1.9 virtualenv pre-commit LinkChecker
+  - sudo pip install -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/python/requirements.txt
+  - sudo pip install wheel sphinx==1.5.6 recommonmark sphinx-rtd-theme==0.1.9 virtualenv pre-commit LinkChecker
   - curl https://glide.sh/get | bash
   - eval "$(GIMME_GO_VERSION=1.8.3 gimme)"
   - go get -u github.com/alecthomas/gometalinter