diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4bcc4a542..88135ba81 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ install:
 script:
   - "pip install pytest"
   - if [[ "${VIA}" == "compile" ]]; then python -m pytest spacy; fi
-  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "pypi" ]]; then python -m pytest `python -c "import pathlib; import spacy; print(pathlib.Path(spacy.__file__).parent.resolve())"`; fi
-  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "sdist" ]]; then python -m pytest `python -c "import pathlib; import spacy; print(pathlib.Path(spacy.__file__).parent.resolve())"`; fi
+  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "pypi" ]]; then python -m pytest `python -c "import os.path; import spacy; print(os.path.abspath(ospath.dirname(spacy.__file__)))"`; fi
+  - if [[ "${VIA}" == "sdist" ]]; then python -m pytest `python -c "import os.path; import spacy; print(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(spacy.__file__)))"`; fi
   
 notifications:
   slack: