diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 81b41dc..1f823c7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
 after_success:
   - codecov
 script:
-  - sudo npm config set registry=http://registry.npmjs.org/
+  - echo registry=http://registry.npmjs.org/ | sudo tee /root/.npmrc
   - sudo apt install software-properties-common python3-setuptools python3-mysql.connector python3-pyxattr
   - sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system # Until Travis is stuck with 14.04
   - sudo easy_install3 pip
diff --git a/certidude/auth.py b/certidude/auth.py
index e0abc4e..d4c9a1c 100644
--- a/certidude/auth.py
+++ b/certidude/auth.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from certidude import config, const
 logger = logging.getLogger("api")
 
 def authenticate(optional=False):
-    import falcon
     def wrapper(func):
         def kerberos_authenticate(resource, req, resp, *args, **kwargs):
             # Try pre-emptive authentication