diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 31a19e67..c90b7619 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ script:
     - mkdir -p $MPL_DIR
     - touch $MPL_DIR/matplotlibrc
     - "echo 'backend : Agg' > $MPL_DIR/matplotlibrc"
-    - "echo 'backend.qt4 : $(SCI_QT_API)' >> $MPL_DIR/matplotlibrc"
+    - "echo 'backend.qt4 : $SCI_QT_API' >> $MPL_DIR/matplotlibrc"
 
     # - imread does NOT support py3.2
     - if [[  $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != 3.2 ]]; then
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ script:
         travis_retry easy_install SimpleITK;
       fi
 
-      - travis_retry pip install --no-deps astropy
+    - travis_retry pip install --no-deps astropy
 
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.* ]]; then
          travis_retry pip install pyamg;