diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 32429dca2..9f9deb0d9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ matrix:
       before_install:
         - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib"
         - sudo apt-get -q update
-        - sudo apt-get install -y libpcre3-dev git-lfs librocksdb-dev
+        - sudo apt-get install -y libpcre3-dev librocksdb-dev
     - os: osx
       env:
         - NPROC=2
diff --git a/scripts/setup_official_tests.sh b/scripts/setup_official_tests.sh
index ffca140f4..98b953db8 100755
--- a/scripts/setup_official_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup_official_tests.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-TMP_CACHE_DIR="tmpcache"
 SUBREPO_DIR="tests/official/fixtures"
 # verbosity level
 [[ -z "$V" ]] && V=0
@@ -18,21 +17,6 @@ CACHE_DIR="$1" # optional parameter pointing to a CI cache dir. Without it, we j
 
 [[ -d "${SUBREPO_DIR}" ]] || { echo "This script should be run from the \"nim-beacon-chain\" repo top dir."; exit 1; }
 
-# macOS quirks
-if uname | grep -qi "darwin"; then
-	ON_MACOS=1
-	STAT_FORMAT="-f %m"
-else
-	ON_MACOS=0
-	STAT_FORMAT="-c %Y"
-fi
-
-# to and from stdout
-DECOMPRESS_XZ="false"
-COMPRESS_XZ="false"
-which 7z &>/dev/null && { DECOMPRESS_XZ="7z e -txz -bd -so"; COMPRESS_XZ="7z a -txz -an -bd -si -so"; }
-which xz &>/dev/null && { DECOMPRESS_XZ="xz -d -c -T 0"; COMPRESS_XZ="xz -c -T 0"; }
-
 # script output
 echo -e "$BUILD_MSG"
 [[ "$V" == "0" ]] && exec 3>&1 4>&2 &>/dev/null # save stdout and stderr before sending them into oblivion