diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a798b4043e528a208eba8f00135f2023ae172b0c..750d0b2912bae1864bea6c7e8603581046866dd5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ before_script:
 script:
   - javac -version
   - ./bootstrap && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make
-  - pushd bindings/java/ 
-  - ant -q dist 
-  - ant test
+  - pushd bindings/java/ && ant -q dist 
+  # don't run tests on linux; libtsk not present due to SIP on osx: VIK-6971
+  - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME != "osx" ]; then
+      ant -q test
+    fi
   - popd
   - pushd case-uco/java/ && ant -q && popd
   - make check && if [ -f "tests/test-suite.log" ];then cat tests/test-suite.log; fi ; if [ -f "unit_tests/base/test-suite.log" ];then cat unit_tests/base/test-suite.log; fi
diff --git a/travis_install_libs.sh b/travis_install_libs.sh
index 1482ea50f4a028961bf34ec05678405d5e2a957f..05812f1f5b50470eaaeed3e878480fcfe006dcfc 100755
--- a/travis_install_libs.sh
+++ b/travis_install_libs.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,3 @@ installLib() {
 installLib libvhdi 20201018
 installLib libvmdk 20200926
 
-echo "directories:"
-ls /usr/lib
-ls /usr/local/lib
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