diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 29443685..e5c3cc82 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ dist: trusty
 addons:
   apt:
     packages:
-      - ack-grep
       - cpanminus
       - libperl-dev
       - make
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ addons:
     update: true
     brewfile: true
 before_install:
-    - if test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ; then sudo dpkg-divert --local --divert /usr/bin/ack --rename --add /usr/bin/ack-grep ; fi
     - if test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ; then export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$(brew --prefix openssl)/include" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(brew --prefix openssl)/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$(brew --prefix openssl)/lib" ;fi
 install:
     - sudo cpanm Code::TidyAll::Plugin::Flake8 Perl::Tidy Test::Code::TidyAll Test::Differences Test::TrailingSpace
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d39dacb8..659753e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ sudo urpmi git make pygtk2 pygtk2.0-libglade gnome-python-canvas tkinter
 On Debian / Ubuntu / etc. you can do:
 
 ```
-sudo apt-get install -y ack-grep cpanminus libperl-dev make perl python-glade2 python-gnome2 python-gnome2-dev python-gtk2 python-setuptools python-tk
+sudo apt-get install -y cpanminus libperl-dev make perl python-glade2 python-gnome2 python-gnome2-dev python-gtk2 python-setuptools python-tk
 ```
 
 #### Step 2 - build PySol.