diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
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-[run]
-omit = dedupe/backport.py,dedupe/AsciiDammit.py
-source = dedupe
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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-branches:
-  only:
-    - master
-    - development
-
-language: python
-notifications:
-  email: 
-    on_success: change
-    on_failure: always
-  irc : "chat.freenode.net#dedupe"
-    
-  
-python:
-  - "2.7"
-  - "2.6"
-virtualenv:
-    system_site_packages: true
-before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get install python-zope.index
-install:
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "2.6" ]; then pip install --use-mirrors -r py26_requirements.txt; fi
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "2.7" ]; then pip install --use-mirrors -r requirements.txt; fi
-  - pip install coveralls
-  - python setup.py develop
-  # Deal with issue on Travis builders re: multiprocessing.Queue :(
-  - "sudo rm -rf /dev/shm && sudo ln -s /run/shm /dev/shm"
-# command to run tests, e.g. python setup.py test
-script: 
-  - coverage run -m nose -I canonical_test
-  - python tests/canonical_test.py
-after_success:
-    coveralls