diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b586846373bd..21295a079dee 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ script:
   - |
     echo "Calling pytest with the following arguments: $PYTEST_ADDOPTS"
     python -mpytest
-  - tox -e pytz
   - |
     if [[ $RUN_FLAKE8 == 1 ]]; then
       flake8 --statistics && echo "Flake8 passed without any issues!"
diff --git a/requirements/testing/travis36.txt b/requirements/testing/travis36.txt
index 70d746b82b51..31ea599d7e82 100644
--- a/requirements/testing/travis36.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing/travis36.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ flake8
 flake8-per-file-ignores
 jupyter
 pandas<0.21.0
+pytz