diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 312977956..0d8eff82a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ env:
   - DB=postgres BUILD_TYPE=cucumber
   - DB=mysql BUILD_TYPE=cucumber
 
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+    - env: DB=postgres BUILD_TYPE=cucumber
+    - env: DB=mysql BUILD_TYPE=cucumber
+
 
 bundler_args: "--without development production heroku"
 before_install: "./script/ci/before_install.sh"
diff --git a/script/ci/before_install.sh b/script/ci/before_install.sh
index d02ec75f1..c5236b071 100755
--- a/script/ci/before_install.sh
+++ b/script/ci/before_install.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,3 @@
 envdir="$(readlink -e $(dirname $0))/../env"
 . "$envdir/ruby_env"
 . "$envdir/ensure_right_rubygems"
-
-if [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "cucumber" ]; then
-  curl http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_16.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1_i386.deb > firefox.deb
-  sudo apt-get install libnotify4
-  sudo dpkg -i firefox.deb
-fi