diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cf7307501..7f252cc5b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,106 +1,21 @@
+dist: xenial
 language: node_js
 
 node_js:
-  - "lts/*"
-
-services:
-  - docker
+  - "10.13"
 
 cache: false
 
-before_install:
-  - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:libreoffice/ppa
-  - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice
-  - sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-pdfimport
-
-install:
-  - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-  - "export GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)"
-  # Installing some plugins
-
-script:
-  - "tests/frontend/travis/runner.sh"
-
-env:
-  global:
-    - secure: "WMGxFkOeTTlhWB+ChMucRtIqVmMbwzYdNHuHQjKCcj8HBEPdZLfCuK/kf4rG\nVLcLQiIsyllqzNhBGVHG1nyqWr0/LTm8JRqSCDDVIhpyzp9KpCJQQJG2Uwjk\n6/HIJJh/wbxsEdLNV2crYU/EiVO3A4Bq0YTHUlbhUqG3mSCr5Ec="
-    - secure: "gejXUAHYscbR6Bodw35XexpToqWkv2ifeECsbeEmjaLkYzXmUUNWJGknKSu7\nEUsSfQV8w+hxApr1Z+jNqk9aX3K1I4btL3cwk2trnNI8XRAvu1c1Iv60eerI\nkE82Rsd5lwUaMEh+/HoL8ztFCZamVndoNgX7HWp5J/NRZZMmh4g="
-
 jobs:
   include:
     # we can only frontend tests from the ether/ organization and not from forks.
     # To request tests to be run ask a maintainer to fork your repo to ether/
     - if: fork = false
-      name: "Test the Frontend without Plugins"
+      name: "Test SSL"
       install:
-        #FIXME
-        - "sed 's/\"loglevel\": \"INFO\",/\"loglevel\": \"WARN\",/g' settings.json.template > settings.json"
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/sauce_tunnel.sh"
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "export GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)"
+        - "openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 1 -nodes -subj '/CN=localhost'"
+        - "./bin/installDeps.sh"
+        - "echo '{\"ssl\":{\"key\":\"key.pem\",\"cert\":\"cert.pem\"}}' >settings.json"
+        - "node src/node/server.js"
       script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runner.sh"
-    - name: "Run the Backend tests without Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh"
-## Temporarily commented out the Dockerfile tests
-#    - name: "Test the Dockerfile"
-#      install:
-#        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-#      script:
-#        - "docker build -t etherpad:test ."
-#        - "docker run -d -p 9001:9001 etherpad:test && sleep 3"
-#        - "cd src && npm run test-container"
-    - name: "Load test Etherpad without Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-        - "npm install -g etherpad-load-test"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh"
-    # we can only frontend tests from the ether/ organization and not from forks.
-    # To request tests to be run ask a maintainer to fork your repo to ether/
-    - if: fork = false
-      name: "Test the Frontend Plugins only"
-      install:
-        #FIXME
-        - "sed 's/\"loglevel\": \"INFO\",/\"loglevel\": \"WARN\",/g' settings.json.template > settings.json"
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/sauce_tunnel.sh"
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "rm tests/frontend/specs/*"
-        - "npm install ep_hash_auth ep_cursortrace ep_subscript_and_superscript ep_headings2 ep_author_hover ep_align ep_webrtc ep_table_of_contents ep_font_size ep_markdown ep_spellcheck"
-        - "export GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runner.sh"
-    - name: "Run the Backend tests with Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "npm install ep_hash_auth ep_cursortrace ep_subscript_and_superscript ep_headings2 ep_author_hover ep_align ep_webrtc ep_table_of_contents ep_font_size ep_markdown ep_spellcheck"
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerBackend.sh"
-## Temporarily commented out the Dockerfile tests
-#    - name: "Test the Dockerfile"
-#      install:
-#        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-#      script:
-#        - "docker build -t etherpad:test ."
-#        - "docker run -d -p 9001:9001 etherpad:test && sleep 3"
-#        - "cd src && npm run test-container"
-    - name: "Load test Etherpad with Plugins"
-      install:
-        - "bin/installDeps.sh"
-        - "npm install ep_hash_auth ep_cursortrace ep_subscript_and_superscript ep_headings2 ep_comments_page ep_author_hover ep_align ep_webrtc ep_table_of_contents ep_font_size ep_markdown ep_spellcheck"
-        - "cd src && npm install && cd -"
-        - "npm install -g etherpad-load-test"
-      script:
-        - "tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh"
-
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - "irc.freenode.org#etherpad-lite-dev"
+        - "wget --no-check-certificate https://localhost:9001/p/test"