diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5db901b2..91cda2fc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,22 +26,21 @@ matrix:
       env:
         - BUILD_TYPE="Debug"
 
-#     18.04 fails because it uses python2 !
-#      - name: "Ubuntu 18.04 - gcc (Release)"
-#        os: linux
-#        dist: bionic
-#        sudo: required
-#        compiler: gcc
-#        env:
-#          - BUILD_TYPE="Release"
-#  
-#      - name: "Ubuntu 18.04 - gcc (Debug)"
-#        os: linux
-#        dist: bionic
-#        sudo: required
-#        compiler: gcc
-#        env:
-#          - BUILD_TYPE="Debug"
+    - name: "Ubuntu 18.04 - gcc (Release)"
+      os: linux
+      dist: bionic
+      sudo: required
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - BUILD_TYPE="Release"
+
+    - name: "Ubuntu 18.04 - gcc (Debug)"
+      os: linux
+      dist: bionic
+      sudo: required
+      compiler: gcc
+      env:
+        - BUILD_TYPE="Debug"
 
     - name: "Ubuntu 20.04 - gcc (Release)"
       os: linux
diff --git a/ci/install.sh b/ci/install.sh
index 6d520d27..ac8af830 100755
--- a/ci/install.sh
+++ b/ci/install.sh
@@ -4,19 +4,10 @@ set -x # Prints every command
 
 # This file is only used from Travis CI, where the only Linux distro used is Ubuntu
 
-python --version
-python3 --version
-
 if [[ "$(uname -s)" == 'Linux' ]]; then
     sudo apt-get update
-
     sudo apt-get install cmake
-    if [[ "$(lsb_release -cs)" == 'focal' ]]; then
-        # In Ubuntu 20.04 python-pip does not exist. Furthermore we need to have the alias python for python3
-        sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssh-dev python3-pip python-is-python3 libxml2-utils
-    else
-        sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssh-dev python-pip libxml2-utils
-    fi
+    sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libssh-dev python3-pip libxml2-utils
 
     if [ -n "$WITH_VALGRIND" ]; then
         sudo apt-get install valgrind
@@ -27,15 +18,17 @@ if [[ "$(uname -s)" == 'Linux' ]]; then
     pip install conan==1.30.2
     pip install codecov
     pip install lxml
-else
-    sudo pip3 install virtualenv
-    virtualenv conan
-    source conan/bin/activate
-    pip3 install conan==1.30.2
-    pip3 install codecov
-    pip3 install lxml
 fi
 
+python3 --version
+
+sudo pip3 install virtualenv
+virtualenv conan
+source conan/bin/activate
+pip3 install conan==1.30.2
+pip3 install codecov
+pip3 install lxml
+
 conan --version
 conan config set storage.path=~/conanData
 conan profile new default --detect
@@ -43,4 +36,3 @@ conan profile new default --detect
 if [[ "$(uname -s)" == 'Linux' ]]; then
     conan profile update settings.compiler.libcxx=libstdc++11 default
 fi
-