diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7144b7c..bd69c1f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ before_install:
   # coverage submission packages
   - pip install codecov
 install:
-  # Coveralls 4.0 doesn't support Python 3.2
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "2.7" ]; then travis_retry pip install repoze.lru; fi
   - pip install ".[test]"
 script: pytest --cov=pcachier
 # submit coverage
diff --git a/tests/test_mongo_core.py b/tests/test_mongo_core.py
index f4aeaca..26688e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_mongo_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_mongo_core.py
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ from time import sleep
 
 from cachier import cachier
 from pymongo.mongo_client import MongoClient
-try:
-    from functools import lru_cache
-except ImportError:
-    from repoze.lru import lru_cache
 
 _TEST_HOST = 'ds119508.mlab.com'
 _TEST_PORT = 19508
@@ -27,9 +23,10 @@ def _get_cachier_db_mongo_client():
     return client
 
 
-@lru_cache(2)
 def _mongo_getter():
-    return _get_cachier_db_mongo_client()['cachier_test']['cachier_test']
+    if not hasattr(_mongo_getter, 'client'):
+        _mongo_getter.client = _get_cachier_db_mongo_client()
+    return _mongo_getter.client['cachier_test']['cachier_test']
 
 
 # Mongo core tests