diff --git a/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
index c07bd0415d..ba09595cea 100755
--- a/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
 SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
 CWD=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
 
-# install sphinxsearch:
-echo 'yes' | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:builds/sphinxsearch-daily
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install sphinxsearch
-
 # log files
 sudo mkdir /var/log/sphinx
 sudo touch /var/log/sphinx/searchd.log