diff --git a/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.c b/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.c
index a4460a6c7604..0cfef4a5dac9 100644
--- a/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.c
+++ b/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.c
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ optparse_err_t optparse_add_doc (optparse_t *p, const char *doc, int group)
     return optparse_add_option (p, &o);
 }
 
-optparse_err_t optparse_set (optparse_t *p, optparse_item_t item, ...)
+optparse_err_t optparse_set (optparse_t *p, int item, ...)
 {
     optparse_err_t e = OPTPARSE_SUCCESS;
     va_list vargs;
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static void * lookup_recursive (optparse_t *p, const char *key)
 }
 
 
-optparse_err_t optparse_get (optparse_t *p, optparse_item_t item, ...)
+optparse_err_t optparse_get (optparse_t *p, int item, ...)
 {
     optparse_err_t e = OPTPARSE_SUCCESS;
     va_list vargs;
diff --git a/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.h b/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.h
index 49ebab82a5f7..edfa99010da5 100644
--- a/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.h
+++ b/src/common/liboptparse/optparse.h
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ optparse_err_t optparse_add_option_table (optparse_t *p,
  */
 optparse_err_t optparse_add_doc (optparse_t *p, const char *doc, int group);
 
-optparse_err_t optparse_set (optparse_t *p, optparse_item_t item, ...);
+optparse_err_t optparse_set (optparse_t *p, int item, ...);
 
-optparse_err_t optparse_get (optparse_t *p, optparse_item_t item, ...);
+optparse_err_t optparse_get (optparse_t *p, int item, ...);
 
 /*   Set and get arbitrary ancillary data associated with an optparse
  *    object. optparse_get_data () returns NULL if data not found.
diff --git a/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.c b/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.c
index d40b0e4fdb66..01a5d5eba27d 100644
--- a/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.c
+++ b/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ subprocess_manager_reap_all (struct subprocess_manager *sm)
 }
 
 int
-subprocess_manager_set (struct subprocess_manager *sm, sm_item_t item, ...)
+subprocess_manager_set (struct subprocess_manager *sm, int item, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
 
diff --git a/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.h b/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.h
index bb96e058f0bf..7a80beebc938 100644
--- a/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.h
+++ b/src/common/libsubprocess/subprocess.h
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ struct subprocess_manager * subprocess_manager_create (void);
 /*
  *  Set value for item [item] in subprocess manager [sm]
  */
-int subprocess_manager_set (struct subprocess_manager *sm,
-	sm_item_t item, ...);
+int subprocess_manager_set (struct subprocess_manager *sm, int item, ...);
 
 /*
  *  Free memory associated with a subprocess manager object:
diff --git a/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh b/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh
index a12f5494f5d5..69d760c30ed7 100755
--- a/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh
+++ b/src/test/travis-dep-builder.sh
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck.git \
 https://github.com/LLNL/Caliper.git"
 
 declare -A checkout_sha1=(\
-["libfaketime"]="b68f2820c4091075fbc205965ec6976f6d241aaa" \
+["libfaketime"]="5d41d41da8f67e396f630280b180cdfb8e56abbc" \
 ["cppcheck"]="7466a49b216d4ba5e25b48381d85a8c3b2d3a228" \
 ["Caliper"]="be6b488bedb75012e60d3062f8cd2749032985fe" \
 )
 
 declare -A extra_make_opts=(\
-["libfaketime"]="LIBDIRNAME=/lib"
+["libfaketime"]="LIBDIRNAME=/lib CC=gcc"
 ["cppcheck"]="CFGDIR=/${prefix}/etc/cppcheck CXX=g++ CC=gcc"
 )