diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dc33b61f1a..a25fba9574 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-sudo: true
+# opt-in to TravisCI's faster container-based infrastructure
+sudo: false
 
 language: ruby
 rvm: 2.0.0
@@ -7,9 +8,11 @@ rvm: 2.0.0
 # will kick in and use `vendor`, ignoring our BUNDLE_PATH
 # declaration in `.bundle/config`
 install:
-- ./scripts/install-coursier.sh
+- curl -L -o coursier https://git.io/vgvpD
 - bundle install
 
+before_script: chmod +x coursier
+
 script:
 - ./scripts/run-tut.sh
 - rm -r tut-tmp
diff --git a/scripts/install-coursier.sh b/scripts/install-coursier.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b0440f0f62..0000000000
--- a/scripts/install-coursier.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-curl -L -o coursier https://git.io/vgvpD
-chmod +x coursier