diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1bf0f741..05a834a6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if: tag IS blank
 
 env:
   global:
-    - BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.3
+    - BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.4
     - BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1c
     - PATCHELF_VERSION=0.9
     - MUSL_VERSION=1.1.22
@@ -134,10 +134,12 @@ install:
 script:
 - $gam version extended
 - $gam version | grep travis # travis should be part of the path (not /tmp or such)
-- if [ "$VMTYPE" == "build" ]; then $gam version | grep "Python ${BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION//./\\.}"; fi # We should be building with latest Python
-- if [ "$VMTYPE" == "build" ]; then $gam version extended | grep "OpenSSL ${BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION//./\\.}"; fi # We should be using OpenSSL 1.1.1+
+# determine which Python version GAM is built with and ensure it's at least build version from above.
+- if [ "VMTYPE" == "build" ]; then vline=$(gamd version | grep "Python "); python_line=($vline); this_python=${python_line[1]}; tools/a_atleast_b.py $this_python $BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION; fi
+# determine which OpenSSL version GAM is built with and ensure it's at least build version from above.
+- if [ "VMTYPE" == "build" ]; then vline=$(gamd version extended | grep "OpenSSL "); openssl_line=($vline); this_openssl=${openssl_line[1]; tools/a_atleast_b.py $this_openssl $BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION; fi
 - if [ "$VMTYPE" == "build" ]; then $gam version extended | grep TLSv1\.[23]; fi # Builds should default TLS 1.2 or 1.3 to Google
-- if [ "$VMTYPE" == "build" ]; then GAM_TLS_MIN_VERSION=TLSv1_2 $gam version extended location tls-v1-0.badssl.com:1010; [[ $? == 3 ]]; fi # expect fail if server doesn't support our TLS version
+- if [ "$VMTYPE" == "build" ]; then GAM_TLS_MIN_VERSION=TLSv1_2 $gam version extended location tls-v1-0.badssl.com:1010; [[ $? == 3 ]]; fi # expect fail since server doesn't support our TLS version
 - export jid="$(cut -d'.' -f2 <<<"$TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER")"
 - if [ "$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" != "pull_request" ]; then export e2e=true; fi
 - if [ "$e2e" = true ]; then export gam_user=gam-travis-$jid@pdl.jaylee.us; fi
diff --git a/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh b/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh
index 73ad4a83..55436c97 100755
--- a/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/windows-x86-before-install.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ echo "Installing Net-Framework-Core..."
 export mypath=$(pwd)
 until powershell Install-WindowsFeature Net-Framework-Core; do echo "trying again..."; done
 cd ~/pybuild
-export exefile=Win32OpenSSL_Light-${BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION//./_}.exe
-if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
-  echo "Downloading $exefile..."
-  wget --quiet https://slproweb.com/download/$exefile
-fi
-echo "Installing $exefile..."
-powershell ".\\${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl"
+#export exefile=Win32OpenSSL_Light-${BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION//./_}.exe
+#if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
+#  echo "Downloading $exefile..."
+#  wget --quiet https://slproweb.com/download/$exefile
+#fi
+#echo "Installing $exefile..."
+#powershell ".\\${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl"
 cinst -y --forcex86 python3
 until cinst -y wixtoolset; do echo "trying again..."; done
-echo "OpenSSL dlls..."
-ls -alRF /c/ssl
-echo "c drive"
-ls -al /c/
-echo "Python dlls..."
-ls -al /c/Python37/DLLs
-until cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs; do echo "trying again..."; done
+#echo "OpenSSL dlls..."
+#ls -alRF /c/ssl
+#echo "c drive"
+#ls -al /c/
+#echo "Python dlls..."
+#ls -al /c/Python37/DLLs
+#until cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs; do echo "trying again..."; done
 export PATH=$PATH:/c/Python37/scripts
 cd $mypath
 pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh b/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh
index 0a04610c..431376ba 100755
--- a/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/windows-x86_64-before-install.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ echo "Installing Net-Framework-Core..."
 export mypath=$(pwd)
 until powershell Install-WindowsFeature Net-Framework-Core; do echo "trying again..."; done
 cd ~/pybuild
-export exefile=Win64OpenSSL_Light-${BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION//./_}.exe
-if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
-  echo "Downloading $exefile..."
-  wget --quiet https://slproweb.com/download/$exefile
-fi
-echo "Installing $exefile..."
-powershell ".\\${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl"
+#export exefile=Win64OpenSSL_Light-${BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION//./_}.exe
+#if [ ! -e $exefile ]; then
+#  echo "Downloading $exefile..."
+#  wget --quiet https://slproweb.com/download/$exefile
+#fi
+#echo "Installing $exefile..."
+#powershell ".\\${exefile} /silent /sp- /suppressmsgboxes /DIR=C:\\ssl"
 cinst -y python3
 until cinst -y wixtoolset; do echo "trying again..."; done
-echo "OpenSSL dlls..."
-ls -alRF /c/ssl
-echo "c drive"
-ls -al /c
-echo "Python dlls..."
-ls -al /c/Python37/DLLs
-until cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs; do echo "trying again..."; done
+#echo "OpenSSL dlls..."
+#ls -alRF /c/ssl
+#echo "c drive"
+#ls -al /c
+#echo "Python dlls..."
+#ls -al /c/Python37/DLLs
+#until cp -v /c/ssl/*.dll /c/Python37/DLLs; do echo "trying again..."; done
 export PATH=$PATH:/c/Python37/scripts
 cd $mypath
 pip install --upgrade pip