diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ca617a57..bce256f8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ matrix:
     language: generic
     env:
       - PYTHON_VERSION="3.6" BUILD_DOCS="NO" NUMPY_VERSION=1.15 COVERALLS="YES" DISPLAY_AVAIL="YES"
+
+addons:
+  ssh_known_hosts: 
+    - github.com
+    - 140.82.113.4
+
 before_install:
 - source ci/install.sh
 install:
diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 85b3a0ea..d3e8f554 100644
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # Adapted from the ci/build_docs.sh file from the pandas and pyart project
 # https://github.com/pydata/pandas
 set -e
-conda init bash
-
 
 echo "**************************************************************************************"
 echo "Step 0: Installing sphinx, etc. to build the documentation ..."