diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 268046c9..b3069c87 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ before_install:
 install:
   - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME = linux ]; then
       if [ "$CXX" = "clang++" ]; then
-        sudo apt-get install -y libstdc++-4.9-dev;
+        sudo apt-get install -y libstdc++-4.8-dev;
       elif [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then
-        sudo apt-get install -y g++-4.9;
-        export CXX=g++-4.9;
+        sudo apt-get install -y g++-4.8;
+        export CXX=g++-4.8;
       fi;
       sudo apt-get install -y libncursesw5-dev;
       sudo apt-get install -y libboost-regex1.54-dev;