diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8b97dd4b..19c541f5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ numpy>=1.6.1
 scipy>=0.9.0
 six>=1.4
 networkx>=1.8
-pillow>=1.7.8
+pillow>=2.1.0
 dask[array]>=0.5.0
diff --git a/tools/travis_before_install.sh b/tools/travis_before_install.sh
index 159fc2d3..8f131102 100755
--- a/tools/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/tools/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ fi
 # test minimum requirements on 2.7
 if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.7* ]]; then
     sed -i 's/>=/==/g' requirements.txt
-    # PIL instead of Pillow
-    sed -i 's/pillow.*/pil==1.1.7/g' requirements.txt
-    WHEELBINARIES=${WHEELBINARIES/pillow/pil}
 fi
 
 # create new empty venv