diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 17d32693c23151759e4583b73d8de6c05cdc5ba8..bd5987b873f292c98119113fffed83867cfca901 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Read more under http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-configuration/
 # THIS SCRIPT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXAMPLE. MODIFY IT ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS!
 
-dist: xenial
+dist: bionic
 sudo: false
 language: python
 virtualenv:
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ install:
   - pip3 install -e .
   - pip3 install tensorflow torch || echo "failed to install machine learning stuff"
 before_script:
-  - git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
-  - git config --global user.name "Your Name"
+  - git config --global user.email "stephan.seitz@fau.de"
+  - git config --global user.name "Stephan Seitz"
 script:
   - export NO_GPU_EXECUTION=1
   - if [[ "$LINT" == "true" ]]; then flake8 src;python setup.py doctest; exit 0; fi
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 984b9c6820c44b0fdd4ac1b59c31de590ba361ea..bb14d8e5b87504ebb4827484bf3f385acfa61733 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ test_requires =
     ansi2html
     pytest-cov
     tensorflow
-    torch
 # Require a specific Python version, e.g. Python 2.7 or >= 3.4
 # python_requires = >=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*
 
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ testing =
     ansi2html
     pytest-cov
     tensorflow
-    torch
 
 [options.entry_points]
 # Add here console scripts like: