diff --git a/travis/compile_nwchem.sh b/travis/compile_nwchem.sh
index 4c1015615d..48f40b2518 100755
--- a/travis/compile_nwchem.sh
+++ b/travis/compile_nwchem.sh
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ echo    "$FOPT$FDOPT"
     make SKIP_COMPILERS=1 deps_stamp  >& deps.log
     echo tail deps.log '11@@@'
     tail -10  deps.log
-    grep -i python deps.log
+    grep -i python deps.log || true
     echo done tail deps.log '11@@@'
-    python -V || true
-    python-config  --ldflags || true
     python3 -V || true
     python3-config  --ldflags || true
     cd python && rm -f dependencies include_stamp ||true && make dependencies include_stamp && cd ..