diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bb9d161..f1651cc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - cabal-1.18 update
-  # work around https://github.com/simonmar/happy/issues/16
-  - if [ "$GHCVER" = '7.2.2' ]; then
-      sudo apt-get install happy;
-    else
-      cabal-1.18 install happy;
-    fi
+  - cabal-1.18 install happy
   - export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH
   - happy --version
   - cabal-1.18 install --only-dependencies --enable-tests