diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 947ec85c4ed78f4eea0b9ee5eb17bfdae5074228..083a4948bfcbbb6248f96a601c1d9c6ac16d396b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -63,40 +63,39 @@ matrix:
     - compiler: gcc
       language: java
       jdk: oraclejdk7
-      env: BINDINGS=java M2_HOME=/tmp
+      env: BINDINGS=java
     - compiler: clang
       language: java
       jdk: oraclejdk7
-      env: BINDINGS=java CC=clang M2_HOME=/tmp
+      env: BINDINGS=java CC=clang
     - compiler: gcc
       language: java
       jdk: openjdk7
-      env: BINDINGS=java M2_HOME=/tmp
+      env: BINDINGS=java
     - compiler: clang
       language: java
       jdk: openjdk7
-      env: BINDINGS=java CC=clang M2_HOME=/tmp
+      env: BINDINGS=java CC=clang
     - compiler: gcc
       language: java
       jdk: openjdk6
-      env: BINDINGS=java M2_HOME=/tmp
+      env: BINDINGS=java
     - compiler: clang
       language: java
       jdk: openjdk6
-      env: BINDINGS=java CC=clang M2_HOME=/tmp
+      env: BINDINGS=java CC=clang
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" != "none" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq swig; fi
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "perl" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dns/irc -y; sudo apt-get update -qq; sudo apt-get install -qq swig=2.0.8-1irc1~12.04; fi
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "python" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq python-dev; fi
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "dotnet" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:directhex/monoxide -y; sudo apt-get update -qq; sudo apt-get install -qq mono-devel mono-mcs nunit nunit-console; mozroots --import --sync; fi
-  - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "java" ]; then mkdir $M2_HOME/conf; cp settings.xml $M2_HOME/conf/; fi
 
 install: true
 before_script:
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "php" ]; then phpenv config-add src/bindings/php/hammer.ini; fi
 script: 
-  - scons bindings=$BINDINGS test
+  - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "java" ]; then sudo scons bindings=$BINDINGS test; else scons bindings=$BINDINGS test; fi
 notifications:
   irc: 
     channels: 
diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 59b32dc335bd042d9ca4a2c2016822789fbb9654..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
-                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-  <localRepository>/tmp/.m2/repository</localRepository>
-</settings>