diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f3bda4015..d8805ded0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 language: csharp
-dist: xenial
+dist: trusty
 sudo: required
 mono: none
 branches:
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install sshpass
   - curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
   - sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg
-  - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list'
+  - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-trusty-prod trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dotnetdev.list'
   - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt-get install dotnet-runtime-2.0.0
   - sudo apt-get install dotnet-sdk-2.0.2
 script:
 - scripts/build.sh