diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4648ae567..a9f4ddfb4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -57,49 +57,6 @@ matrix:
               - gcc-4.8
           compiler: gcc-4.8
           #gcc-4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.5-2ubuntu1~14.04.1) 4.8.5
-        - os: linux
-          addons:
-            apt:
-              sources:
-              - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-              packages:
-              - libsdl2-mixer-dev
-              - libpng-dev
-              - libgl1-mesa-dev
-              - libgme-dev
-              - p7zip-full
-              - gcc-4.9
-          compiler: gcc-4.9
-          #gcc-4.9 (Ubuntu 4.9.3-8ubuntu2~14.04) 4.9.3
-        - os: linux
-          addons:
-            apt:
-              sources:
-              - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-              packages:
-              - libsdl2-mixer-dev
-              - libpng-dev
-              - libgl1-mesa-dev
-              - libgme-dev
-              - p7zip-full
-              - gcc-5
-          compiler: gcc-5
-          #gcc-5 (Ubuntu 5.3.0-3ubuntu1~14.04) 5.3.0 20151204
-        - os: linux
-          addons:
-            apt:
-              sources:
-              - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-              packages:
-              - libsdl2-mixer-dev
-              - libpng-dev
-              - libgl1-mesa-dev
-              - libgme-dev
-              - p7zip-full
-              - gcc-6
-          compiler: gcc-6
-          env: WFLAGS="-Wno-tautological-compare"
-          #gcc-6 (Ubuntu 6.1.1-3ubuntu11~14.04.1) 6.1.1 20160511
         - os: linux
           addons:
             apt:
diff --git a/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c b/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
index a82335f6c..5211efe0a 100644
--- a/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
+++ b/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static Mix_Chunk *ds2chunk(void *stream)
 			return NULL; // would and/or did wrap, can't store.
 		break;
 	}
-	sound = Z_Malloc(newsamples<<2, PU_SOUND, NULL); // samples * frequency shift * bytes per sample * channels
+	sound = malloc(newsamples<<2); // samples * frequency shift * bytes per sample * channels
 
 	s = (SINT8 *)stream;
 	d = (INT16 *)sound;
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ void *I_GetSfx(sfxinfo_t *sfx)
 					gme_track_info(emu, &info, 0);
 
 					len = (info->play_length * 441 / 10) << 2;
-					mem = Z_Malloc(len, PU_SOUND, NULL);
+					mem = malloc(len);
 					gme_play(emu, len >> 1, mem);
 					gme_delete(emu);
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ void *I_GetSfx(sfxinfo_t *sfx)
 		gme_track_info(emu, &info, 0);
 
 		len = (info->play_length * 441 / 10) << 2;
-		mem = Z_Malloc(len, PU_SOUND, NULL);
+		mem = malloc(len);
 		gme_play(emu, len >> 1, mem);
 		gme_delete(emu);