diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6df70e92954..223f1df341d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ matrix:
         - libhdf5-serial-dev
         - netcdf-bin
         - libnetcdf-dev
-  - python: 3.6
-    env: CONDA_ENV=py36-dask-dev
   - python: 3.6
     env: CONDA_ENV=py36-pandas-dev
   - python: 3.6
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py36-dask-dev.yml b/ci/requirements-py36-dask-dev.yml
index 54cdb54e8fc..e580aaf3889 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py36-dask-dev.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py36-dask-dev.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ dependencies:
   - flake8
   - numpy
   - pandas
-  - seaborn
   - scipy
+  - seaborn
   - toolz
+  - rasterio
+  - bottleneck
+  - zarr
+  - pseudonetcdf>=3.0.1
   - pip:
     - coveralls
     - pytest-cov
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_variable.py b/xarray/tests/test_variable.py
index 290c7a6e308..cdb578aff6c 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_variable.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_variable.py
@@ -1665,6 +1665,12 @@ def test_getitem_fancy(self):
     def test_getitem_1d_fancy(self):
         super(TestVariableWithDask, self).test_getitem_1d_fancy()
 
+    def test_equals_all_dtypes(self):
+        import dask
+        if '0.18.2' <= LooseVersion(dask.__version__) < '0.18.3':
+            pytest.xfail('https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/2318')
+        super(TestVariableWithDask, self).test_equals_all_dtypes()
+
     def test_getitem_with_mask_nd_indexer(self):
         import dask.array as da
         v = Variable(['x'], da.arange(3, chunks=3))