diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 472da500..133440d5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rvm:
 before_install:
   - "env"
   - "echo 'gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc' > ~/.gemrc"
-  - "gem install bundler -v 1.13.7"
+  - "gem install bundler"
   - "bundler --version"
 before_script:
   - "unzip -o $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/data.zip -d $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ef5d558d..d018ff24 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ gem 'ruby-progressbar', '>=1.8.1'
 
 # needed from ruby 2.4 onwards
 install_if -> { Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new("2.4") } do
-  gem 'xmlrpc'
+  gem 'xmlrpc', :require => false
 end
 
 group :test do