diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5b59ce37589..f178f17c031 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ python:
   - "3.4"
   - "3.5"
   - "2.7"
+  - "docs"
+  - "bdd"
 # pypy testing currently breaks because of the tempfile dir used for KALITE_HOME
 #  - "pypy"
 
@@ -25,8 +27,6 @@ install:
 # command to run tests, e.g. python setup.py test
 script:
   - tox -e $TOX_ENV
-  - tox -e bdd
-  - tox -e docs
 
 after_success:
   - codecov
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f43acae4173..0bce4aca0b6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
 extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.viewcode']
 
+linkcheck_ignore = [
+    'https://groups.google.com/a/learningequality.org/forum/#!forum/dev',
+]
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c9fa4c94437..0269a3c53dd 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ basepython =
     py3.4: python3.4
     py3.5: python3.5
     pypypy: pypy
-    docs: python2.7
+    pydocs: python2.7
     lint: python
-    bdd: python2.7
+    pybdd: python2.7
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements/test.txt
 commands =
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ deps =
 commands =
     flake8 kolibri
     
-[testenv:docs]
+[testenv:pydocs]
 changedir=docs/
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ commands =
     sphinx-build -b linkcheck ./ _build/
     # sphinx-build -b html ./ _build/
 
-[testenv:bdd]
+[testenv:pybdd]
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements/bdd.txt
 commands =