diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ac1cc61372bc..4bdcc265fb53 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ before_install:
   # set GitHub token and update composer
   - if [ -n "$GH_TOKEN" ]; then composer config github-oauth.github.com ${GH_TOKEN}; fi;
   - composer self-update && composer -V
-  # fix for phantomjs 
-  - mkdir travis-phantomjs
-  - wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -O $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
-  - tar -xvf $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C $PWD/travis-phantomjs
-  - export PATH=$PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
 
 install:
   # install Composer dependencies
diff --git a/tests/acceptance.suite.yml b/tests/acceptance.suite.yml
index 4a152dce6eff..56b0928116f9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance.suite.yml
+++ b/tests/acceptance.suite.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ modules:
             host: 127.0.0.1
             window_size: 1024x768
             wait: 5
-            browser: phantomjs
+            browser: firefox
             capabilities:
                 unexpectedAlertBehaviour: 'accept'
                 webStorageEnabled: true