diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 77958316..863b3c67 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ fortran: false
 env:
   - _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_=false
 
+r_check_args: ' '
+
 matrix:
   include:
     - dist: trusty
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ matrix:
     - os: osx
       brew_packages: imagemagick@6 ghostscript
     - os: osx
+      r: 3.6
+      r_check_args:
       osx_image: xcode7.3
       disable_homebrew: true
       before_install: sed -i.bak 's/-isysroot /-I/g' $(R RHOME)/etc/Makeconf
@@ -50,7 +54,6 @@ addons:
       - libtesseract-dev
       - libleptonica-dev
       - tesseract-ocr-eng
-      - r-cran-rgdal
       - libfftw3-dev
       - cargo
       - gsfonts