diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 46e676e6eb..087851bb6e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Travis Setup
+#
+
+# use ubuntu trusty for newer version of nodejs, used for JS testing
+dist: trusty
+
 # faster builds on new travis setup not using sudo
 sudo: false
+
+
+#
+# Test Matrix
+#
+
 language: php
 
 php:
@@ -26,7 +39,6 @@ matrix:
             - mysql-client-5.6
       services:
         - mysql
-      env: CUBRID_VERSION=9.3.0/CUBRID-9.3.0.0206 CUBRID_PDO_VERSION=9.3.0.0001
     # test against the latest HHVM version by using a newer image
     - php: hhvm
       sudo: true
@@ -42,12 +54,9 @@ matrix:
       services:
         - mysql
         - postgresql
-      env: CUBRID_VERSION=9.3.0/CUBRID-9.3.0.0206 CUBRID_PDO_VERSION=9.3.0.0001
   allow_failures:
     - php: nightly
 
-env:
-  - CUBRID_VERSION=9.3.0/CUBRID-9.3.0.0206 CUBRID_PDO_VERSION=9.3.0.0001
 
 services:
   - memcached
@@ -55,7 +64,6 @@ services:
 # cache vendor dirs
 cache:
   directories:
-#    - cubrid/9.3.0
     - vendor
     - $HOME/.composer/cache
 
@@ -86,18 +94,12 @@ before_script:
   - psql --version
 
   # initialize databases
-  - |
-    if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != hhv* ]]; then
-      mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE `yiitest`;'
-    fi
-  - |
-    if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION = hhv* ]]; then
-      mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE yiitest;';
-      mysql -u root -e 'CREATE USER 'travis'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password;'
-      mysql -u root -e 'GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'travis'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;'
-    fi
+  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE `yiitest`;';
+  - mysql -e "CREATE USER 'travis'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password;";
+  - mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'travis'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;";
   - psql -U postgres -c 'CREATE DATABASE yiitest;';
 
+  # enable code coverage on PHP 5.6, only one PHP version needs to generate coverage data
   - |
     if [ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION = '5.6' ]; then
       PHPUNIT_FLAGS="--coverage-clover=coverage.clover"
diff --git a/tests/data/travis/apc-setup.sh b/tests/data/travis/apc-setup.sh
index d64e8a5398..d9b93a0cfb 100755
--- a/tests/data/travis/apc-setup.sh
+++ b/tests/data/travis/apc-setup.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 if [ "$(expr "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" "<" "5.5")" -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo "extension = apc.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
+	yes '' | pecl install apc
+	#echo "extension = apc.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
 	echo "apc.enable_cli = 1" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
 else
 	echo "Not installing APC as it is not available in PHP 5.5 anymore."
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi