diff --git a/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh b/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh
index 04f9c192..be1cf4a5 100755
--- a/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh
@@ -55,13 +55,12 @@ else
   cd Python-$BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION
   echo "Compiling Python $BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION..."
   safe_flags="--with-openssl=$mypath/ssl --enable-shared --prefix=$mypath/python --with-ensurepip=upgrade"
-  unsafe_flags="--enable-optimizations --with-lto"
-  
+  unsafe_flags="--enable-optimizations --with-lto"  
   if [ ! -e Makefile ]; then
     echo "running configure with safe and unsafe"
     ./configure $safe_flags $unsafe_flags > /dev/null
   fi
-  make -j$cpucount PROFILE_TASK="-m test.regrtest --pgo -j$cpucount" -s
+  make -j$cpucount PROFILE_TASK="-m test.regrtest --pgo -j$(( $cpucount * 2 ))" -s
   RESULT=$?
   echo "First make exited with $RESULT"
   if [ $RESULT != 0 ]; then
@@ -93,15 +92,6 @@ else
       make
       sudo make install
     fi
-    if [ ! -d musl=$MUSL_VERSION ]; then
-      echo "Downloading MUSL $MUSL_VERSION"
-      wget https://www.musl-libc.org/releases/musl-$MUSL_VERSION.tar.gz
-      tar xf musl-$MUSL_VERSION.tar.gz
-      cd musl-$MUSL_VERSION
-      ./configure
-      make
-      sudo make install
-    fi
     $pip install git+https://github.com/JonathonReinhart/staticx.git@master
   fi
   cd $whereibelong
diff --git a/src/travis/osx-x86_64-before-install.sh b/src/travis/osx-x86_64-before-install.sh
index e722d40c..f22bf703 100755
--- a/src/travis/osx-x86_64-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/osx-x86_64-before-install.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ whereibelong=$(pwd)
 #echo "Brew installing xz..."
 #brew install xz > /dev/null
 
-brew upgrade
+#brew upgrade
 
 cd ~/pybuild
 
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ cd ~/pybuild
 
 brew install openssl@1.1
 brew upgrade python
-brew ls --verbose openssl@1.1 | grep libssl
-brew ls --verbose python3 | grep lib
 
 export python=python3
 export pip=pip3