diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 11e05959f..9abefc6f5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ script:
     - grunt js-unit
     # integration tests
     - grunt php-integration
-    - cd ../../../
-    - ./occ news:verify-install
-    - cd apps/news/js
     # acceptance tests
     - webdriver-manager update
     - sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ../../../data
diff --git a/js/Gruntfile.js b/js/Gruntfile.js
index 6498867e2..34899a60b 100644
--- a/js/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/js/Gruntfile.js
@@ -290,11 +290,11 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     grunt.registerTask('dev-php-unit', ['watch:phpunit']);
     grunt.registerTask('dev-php-integration', ['watch:phpintegration']);
 
-    grunt.registerTask('js-unit', ['default', 'karma:continuous']);
+    grunt.registerTask('js-unit', ['karma:continuous']);
     grunt.registerTask('php-unit', ['phpunit:coverage']);
     grunt.registerTask('php-integration', ['phpunit:integration']);
 
     grunt.registerTask('acceptance', ['protractor_webdriver', 'connect',
                                       'protractor']);
 
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};