diff --git a/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
index 09ddf57..92599d4 100755
--- a/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
@@ -2,27 +2,10 @@
 SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
 CWD=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
 
-# work around https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/2728
-PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sphinx-2.1.9/bin
-
+# make dir that is used in sphinx config
 mkdir -p sphinx
-
 sed -i s\~SPHINX_BASE_DIR~$PWD/sphinx~g $CWD/../sphinx/sphinx.conf
 
-# log files
-#sudo mkdir /var/log/sphinx
-#sudo touch /var/log/sphinx/searchd.log
-#sudo touch /var/log/sphinx/query.log
-#sudo chmod -R 777 /var/log/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
-
-# spl dir
-#sudo mkdir /var/lib/sphinx
-#sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
-
-# run dir pid
-#sudo mkdir /var/run/sphinx
-#sudo chmod 777 /var/run/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
-
 # Setup source database
 mysql -D yiitest -u travis < $CWD/../sphinx/source.sql