diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 81b0cea4..3db7151f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ python:
     - 2.7
     - 3.2
 install:
+    - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.5' ]]; then
+      pip install --use-mirrors ssl;
+      fi
     - pip install --use-mirrors tox
 script:
     - export TOXENV=$(echo "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" |
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bc94b159..afcc4cbf 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ commands =
 deps =
     simplejson
     unittest2
-    ssl
     {[testenv]deps}
 [testenv:py26]
 deps =