diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e43744b..265108b4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
   - sudo apt-get install -y libmosquitto0 libmosquitto0-dev
   - export CXX=g++-4.8
-  - ping -c 1 localhost
 script:
   - ./autogen.sh --enable-coverage && make all test
   - (cd src/lib/ebus/test && ./test_symbol && ./test_filereader && ./test_data && ./test_message)
diff --git a/test_coverage.sh b/test_coverage.sh
index 37dafc3d..a87fc792 100755
--- a/test_coverage.sh
+++ b/test_coverage.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ if [ ! "$?" = 0 ]; then
   echo `date` "php is not available"
   exit 1
 fi
-netstat
 php -r '
 error_reporting(E_ALL);
 set_time_limit(0);
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ if [ ! "$status" = 0 ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 echo `date` "server: $srvpid"
-sudo lsof -p $srvpid
 cat >contrib/etc/ebusd/test.csv <<EOF
 #no column names
 u,broadcast,outsidetemp,,,fe,b516,01,temp2,m,D2B
@@ -220,7 +218,6 @@ if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
 fi
 echo `date` "ebusd: $pid"
 kill -1 $pid
-sudo lsof -p $pid
 #client:
 readarray lines <<EOF
 raw bytes