diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2a943d40..69373505 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ php:
   - 5.3
 script: phpunit --coverage-clover=coverage.clover
 before_script:
-# pear.phpunit.de offline, and travis have phpunit 
-#  - pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de
-#  - pear install phpunit/DbUnit
+  - composer global require phpunit/dbunit
   - mysql -e 'create database alternc_test DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;'
   - cd phpunit
 after_script: