diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bc647cb..58ccbc6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ matrix:
       language: generic
       env:
         - _OSX=10.11
-        - _PHP: php71
 
 cache:
   directories:
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ before_install:
   - if [[ $DISABLE_XDEBUG == "true" ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini; fi
 
 install:
-  - if [[ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]]; then /usr/bin/env bash bin/handle_brew_pkg.sh "${_PHP}" ; fi
   - curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
   - php composer.phar install --no-interaction --ignore-platform-reqs
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec7b3aa..efd2174 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This changelog references the relevant changes done in PHP-ML library.
     * enhancement Throw proper exception (#259, #251)
     * fix ensure DataTransformer::testSet samples array is not empty (#204)
     * fix optimizer initial theta randomization (#239)
+    * fix travis build on osx (#281)
     * typo, tests, code styles and documentation fixes (#265, #261, #254, #253, #251, #250, #248, #245, #243)
 
 * 0.6.2 (2018-02-22)
diff --git a/bin/handle_brew_pkg.sh b/bin/handle_brew_pkg.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e501e0..0000000
--- a/bin/handle_brew_pkg.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-if [[ "$#" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    echo "Handling \"$1\" brew package..."
-else
-    echo "Brew failed - invalid $0 call"
-    exit 1;
-fi
-
-if [[ $(brew ls --versions "$1") ]]; then
-    if brew outdated "$1"; then
-        echo "Package upgrade is not required, skipping"
-    else
-        echo "Updating package...";
-        brew upgrade "$1"
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "Upgrade failed"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-else
-    echo "Package not available - installing..."
-    brew install "$1"
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        echo "Install failed"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-fi
-
-echo "Linking installed package..."
-brew link "$1"
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diff --git a/bin/prepare_osx_env.sh b/bin/prepare_osx_env.sh
index 93303ee..e185bd3 100644
--- a/bin/prepare_osx_env.sh
+++ b/bin/prepare_osx_env.sh
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ brew --version
 
 echo "Updating brew..."
 brew update
-
-if [[ "${_PHP}" == "hhvm" ]]; then
-    echo "Adding brew HHVM dependencies..."
-    brew tap hhvm/hhvm
-
-else
-    echo "Adding brew PHP dependencies..."
-    brew tap homebrew/dupes
-    brew tap homebrew/versions
-    brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php
-fi
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+brew install php@7.1
+brew upgrade php@7.1
+brew link php@7.1 --overwrite --force
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