diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ef49d9f7b6fea..cb8376a9f5761 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ language: python
 env:
   global:
   # scatterci API key
-  - secure: "Bx5umgo6WjuGY+5XFa004xjCiX/vq0CyMZ/ETzcs7EIBI1BE/0fIDXOoWhoxbY9HPfdPGlDnDgB9nGqr5wArO2s+BavyKBWg6osZ3dmkfuJPMOWeyCa92EeP+sfKw8e5HSU5MizW9e319wHWOF/xkzdHR7T67Qd5erhv91x4DnQ="
+  #- secure: "Bx5umgo6WjuGY+5XFa004xjCiX/vq0CyMZ/ETzcs7EIBI1BE/0fIDXOoWhoxbY9HPfdPGlDnDgB9nGqr5wArO2s+BavyKBWg6osZ3dmkfuJPMOWeyCa92EeP+sfKw8e5HSU5MizW9e319wHWOF/xkzdHR7T67Qd5erhv91x4DnQ="
   # ironcache API key
   - secure: "e4eEFn9nDQc3Xa5BWYkzfX37jaWVq89XidVX+rcCNEr5OlOImvveeXnF1IzbRXznH4Sv0YsLwUd8RGUWOmyCvkONq/VJeqCHWtTMyfaCIdqSyhIP9Odz8r9ahch+Y0XFepBey92AJHmlnTh+2GjCDgIiqq4fzglojnp56Vg1ojA="
   - secure: "CjmYmY5qEu3KrvMtel6zWFEtMq8ORBeS1S1odJHnjQpbwT1KY2YFZRVlLphfyDQXSz6svKUdeRrCNp65baBzs3DQNA8lIuXGIBYFeJxqVGtYAZZs6+TzBPfJJK798sGOj5RshrOJkFG2rdlWNuTq/XphI0JOrN3nPUkRrdQRpAw="
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ matrix:
       - JOB_NAME: "27_numpy_master"
       - JOB_TAG=_NUMPY_DEV_master
       - NUMPY_BUILD=master
+      - PANDAS_TESTING_MODE="numpy_deprecate"
     allow_failures:
       - python: 2.7
         env:
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ matrix:
         - JOB_NAME: "27_numpy_master"
         - JOB_TAG=_NUMPY_DEV_master
         - NUMPY_BUILD=master
+        - PANDAS_TESTING_MODE="numpy_deprecate"
 
 # allow importing from site-packages,
 # so apt-get python-x works for system pythons
diff --git a/ci/after_script.sh b/ci/after_script.sh
index 1c145062b69ec..b17d69daa5b8d 100755
--- a/ci/after_script.sh
+++ b/ci/after_script.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-wget https://raw.github.com/y-p/ScatterCI-CLI/master/scatter_cli.py
-chmod u+x scatter_cli.py
+#wget https://raw.github.com/y-p/ScatterCI-CLI/master/scatter_cli.py
+#chmod u+x scatter_cli.py
 
 pip install -I requests==2.1.0
 echo "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION:0:4}"
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ fi
 # ScatterCI accepts a build log, but currently does nothing with it.
 echo '' > /tmp/build.log
 
-# These should be in the environment, but not in source control
 # nore exposed in the build logs
 #export SCATTERCI_ACCESS_KEY=
 #export SCATTERCI_HOST=
@@ -22,6 +21,6 @@ ci/print_versions.py -j /tmp/env.json
 
 # nose ran using "--with-xunit --xunit-file nosetest.xml" and generated /tmp/nosetest.xml
 # Will timeout if server not available, and should not fail the build
-python scatter_cli.py --xunit-file /tmp/nosetests.xml  --log-file /tmp/build.log  --env-file /tmp/env.json --build-name "$JOB_NAME" --succeed
+#python scatter_cli.py --xunit-file /tmp/nosetests.xml  --log-file /tmp/build.log  --env-file /tmp/env.json --build-name "$JOB_NAME" --succeed
 
 true # never fail because bad things happened here
diff --git a/ci/script.sh b/ci/script.sh
index e76789b689c94..152a2f1ebdcf9 100755
--- a/ci/script.sh
+++ b/ci/script.sh
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ fi
 "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR"/ci/build_docs.sh 2>&1 > /tmp/doc.log &
 # doc build log will be shown after tests
 
-# export the testing mode
-if [ -n "$NUMPY_BUILD" ]; then
-
-    export PANDAS_TESTING_MODE="numpy_deprecate"
-
-fi
-
 echo nosetests --exe -w /tmp -A "$NOSE_ARGS" pandas --with-xunit --xunit-file=/tmp/nosetests.xml
 nosetests --exe -w /tmp -A "$NOSE_ARGS" pandas --with-xunit --xunit-file=/tmp/nosetests.xml
 
diff --git a/pandas/src/testing.pyx b/pandas/src/testing.pyx
index 290226e1daf6a..bff070421c841 100644
--- a/pandas/src/testing.pyx
+++ b/pandas/src/testing.pyx
@@ -118,10 +118,7 @@ cpdef assert_almost_equal(a, b, bint check_less_precise=False):
 
         # deal with differing dtypes
         if check_less_precise:
-            dtype_a = np.dtype(type(a))
-            dtype_b = np.dtype(type(b))
-            if dtype_a.kind == 'f' and dtype_b == 'f':
-                decimal = 3
+            decimal = 3
 
         if np.isinf(a):
             assert np.isinf(b), "First object is inf, second isn't"
@@ -132,11 +129,11 @@ cpdef assert_almost_equal(a, b, bint check_less_precise=False):
             if abs(fa) < 1e-5:
                 if not decimal_almost_equal(fa, fb, decimal):
                     assert False, (
-                        '(very low values) expected %.5f but got %.5f' % (b, a)
+                        '(very low values) expected %.5f but got %.5f, with decimal %d' % (fb, fa, decimal)
                     )
             else:
                 if not decimal_almost_equal(1, fb / fa, decimal):
-                    assert False, 'expected %.5f but got %.5f' % (b, a)
+                    assert False, 'expected %.5f but got %.5f, with decimal %d' % (fb, fa, decimal)
 
     else:
         assert a == b, "%r != %r" % (a, b)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_testing.py b/pandas/tests/test_testing.py
index 986e44ced83a2..298fa73c69064 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_testing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_testing.py
@@ -154,6 +154,25 @@ def test_not_equal(self):
         # ATM meta data is not checked in assert_series_equal
         # self._assert_not_equal(Series(range(3)),Series(range(3),name='foo'),check_names=True)
 
+    def test_less_precise(self):
+        s1 =  Series([0.12345],dtype='float64')
+        s2 =  Series([0.12346],dtype='float64')
+
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, assert_series_equal, s1, s2)
+        self._assert_equal(s1,s2,check_less_precise=True)
+
+        s1 =  Series([0.12345],dtype='float32')
+        s2 =  Series([0.12346],dtype='float32')
+
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, assert_series_equal, s1, s2)
+        self._assert_equal(s1,s2,check_less_precise=True)
+
+        # even less than less precise
+        s1 =  Series([0.1235],dtype='float32')
+        s2 =  Series([0.1236],dtype='float32')
+
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, assert_series_equal, s1, s2)
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, assert_series_equal, s1, s2, True)
 
 class TestRNGContext(unittest.TestCase):