diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6a009a61e7c97..c52ebc6aed102 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ install:
   - pip install --find-links=$HOME/.wheelhouse --no-index .
   - pip install --find-links=$HOME/.wheelhouse --no-index -r dev-reqs.txt
   - cd caravel/assets
+  - npm --version
   - npm install
   - npm run lint
   - npm run prod
diff --git a/dev-reqs.txt b/dev-reqs.txt
index 3b50375e14f5b..98517cecbdf28 100644
--- a/dev-reqs.txt
+++ b/dev-reqs.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 coveralls
-Pillow
 sphinx
 sphinx_bootstrap_theme