diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2d9cad4..b5607f0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ os:
 sudo: required
 julia:
   - 0.6
-  - 0.7
   - 1.0
   - nightly
 matrix:
diff --git a/ci_setup.jl b/ci_setup.jl
index 79286bb..82a0a65 100644
--- a/ci_setup.jl
+++ b/ci_setup.jl
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ else
     Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="SampledSignals", rev="master"))
     Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="RingBuffers", rev="master"))
 end
+
+# add test deps manually because we'll be running test/runtests.jl manually
+Pkg.add("Compat")
diff --git a/test/REQUIRE b/test/REQUIRE
index e69de29..9e686b5 100644
--- a/test/REQUIRE
+++ b/test/REQUIRE
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Compat
+SampledSignals
+RingBuffers