diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6265700a..eb8cafdd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ jdk:
 
 sudo: required
 
-addons:
-  apt:
-    sources:
-      - debian-sid
-    packages:
-      - libssl1.0.0
-
 env:
   matrix:
     - VAULT_VER=0.5.2
diff --git a/src/test/bash/local_run_k8s.sh b/src/test/bash/local_run_k8s.sh
index 6d913a8b..76802eb1 100755
--- a/src/test/bash/local_run_k8s.sh
+++ b/src/test/bash/local_run_k8s.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ CMD_KUBECTL=${2:-kubectl}
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-if [ ! -d "work" ]; then
-  echo "work directory could not be found."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 mkdir -p work/minikube
 SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN_FILE=work/minikube/hello-minikube-token
 SERVICE_ACCOUNT_CA_CRT=work/minikube/ca.crt