diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 15205d73..2a9167e6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language:
   - ruby
 rvm:
   - 2.4.1
-sudo: false
+sudo: true
 notifications:
   slack: shakacode:YvfXbuFMcFAHt6ZjABIs0KET
 addons:
@@ -17,18 +17,20 @@ env:
   global:
     - RAILS_ENV=test
     - CXX=g++-4.9
-before_install:
-  - mkdir $PWD/travis-phantomjs
-  - curl -sSL https://github.com/Medium/phantomjs/releases/download/v2.1.1/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -o $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
-  - tar -xvf $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C $PWD/travis-phantomjs
-  - export PATH=$PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
 install:
   - bundle install
   - chromedriver-update
+  - wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
+  - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
   - nvm install stable && nvm alias default stable
-  - npm install -g npm@5.3.x
+  - npm install -g npm@5.6.x
   - npm install -g yarn
+  - node --version
   - npm --version
+  - google-chrome --version
+  - chromedriver --version
   - yarn install
   - rake db:setup
 
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index b1683793..cbbf405a 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 require "rspec/rails"
 require "capybara/rspec"
-require "capybara/poltergeist"
 require "capybara-screenshot/rspec"
 require "database_cleaner"
 
@@ -51,9 +50,7 @@
 
   default_driver = :selenium_chrome
 
-  supported_drivers = %i[ poltergeist poltergeist_errors_ok
-                          poltergeist_no_animations webkit
-                          selenium_chrome selenium_firefox selenium]
+  supported_drivers = %i[selenium_chrome selenium_firefox selenium]
   driver = ENV["DRIVER"].try(:to_sym) || default_driver
   Capybara.default_driver = driver
 
@@ -62,39 +59,6 @@
   end
 
   case driver
-  when :poltergeist, :poltergeist_errors_ok, :poltergeist_no_animations
-    basic_opts = {
-      window_size: [1300, 1800],
-      screen_size: [1400, 1900],
-      phantomjs_options: ["--load-images=no", "--ignore-ssl-errors=true"],
-      timeout: 180
-    }
-
-    Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
-      Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, basic_opts)
-    end
-
-    no_animation_opts = basic_opts.merge( # Leaving animations off, as a sleep was still needed.
-      extensions: ["#{Rails.root}/spec/support/phantomjs-disable-animations.js"]
-    )
-
-    Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist_no_animations do |app|
-      Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, no_animation_opts)
-    end
-
-    Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist_errors_ok do |app|
-      Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, no_animation_opts.merge(js_errors: false))
-    end
-    Capybara::Screenshot.register_driver(:poltergeist) do |js_driver, path|
-      js_driver.browser.save_screenshot(path)
-    end
-    Capybara::Screenshot.register_driver(:poltergeist_no_animations) do |js_driver, path|
-      js_driver.render(path, full: true)
-    end
-    Capybara::Screenshot.register_driver(:poltergeist_errors_ok) do |js_driver, path|
-      js_driver.render(path, full: true)
-    end
-
   when :selenium_chrome
     DriverRegistration.register_selenium_chrome
   when :selenium_firefox, :selenium
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 0a8eeb90..eea9c198 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     # Show retry status in spec process
     config.verbose_retry = true
     # Try twice (retry once)
-    config.default_retry_count = 4
+    config.default_retry_count = 2
     # Only retry when Selenium raises Net::ReadTimeout
     # config.exceptions_to_retry = [Net::ReadTimeout]
   end
diff --git a/spec/support/poltergeist.rb b/spec/support/poltergeist.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index d138d1a0..00000000
--- a/spec/support/poltergeist.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-# This file supports 2 strategies:
-# 1. switch_to_selenium: switch drivers
-# 2. restart_poltergeist
-
-RESTART_PHANTOMJS = ENV["RESTART_PHANTOMJS"] &&
-                    %w[TRUE YES].include?(ENV["RESTART_PHANTOMJS"].upcase)
-puts "RESTART_PHANTOMJS = #{RESTART_PHANTOMJS}"
-
-CAPYBARA_TIMEOUT_RETRIES = 5
-
-# HACK: workaround for Capybara Poltergeist StatusFailErrors, simply retries
-# based on https://gist.github.com/afn/c04ccfe71d648763b306
-RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.around(:each, type: :feature) do |ex|
-    example = RSpec.current_example
-    use_selenium = false
-    original_driver = Capybara.default_driver
-    CAPYBARA_TIMEOUT_RETRIES.times do
-      example.instance_variable_set("@exception", nil)
-
-      # Private method in rspec:
-      # rspec-core-3.5.4/lib/rspec/core/memoized_helpers.rb:139
-      __init_memoized
-
-      if use_selenium
-        puts "Switching to selenium from #{Capybara.current_driver}"
-        Capybara.current_driver = js_selenium_driver
-        Capybara.javascript_driver = js_selenium_driver
-      end
-
-      ex.run
-
-      example_ex = example.exception
-
-      break unless example_ex
-
-      is_multiple_exception = example_ex.is_a?(RSpec::Core::MultipleExceptionError)
-
-      break unless example_ex.is_a?(Capybara::Poltergeist::StatusFailError) ||
-                   example_ex.is_a?(Capybara::Poltergeist::DeadClient) ||
-                   is_multiple_exception
-
-      if is_multiple_exception
-        m_exceptions = example_ex.all_exceptions
-
-        idx = m_exceptions.find_index do |exception|
-          exception.is_a?(Capybara::Poltergeist::StatusFailError) ||
-            exception.is_a?(Capybara::Poltergeist::DeadClient) ||
-            exception.class < SystemCallError
-        end
-
-        break unless idx
-      end
-
-      puts "\n"
-      puts "=" * 80
-      puts "Exception caught! #{example_ex}"
-      puts example_ex.message
-      puts "when running example:\n  #{example.full_description}"
-      puts "  at #{example.location} with driver #{Capybara.current_driver}."
-
-      if RESTART_PHANTOMJS
-        PhantomJSRestart.call
-      else
-        use_selenium = true
-      end
-      puts "=" * 80
-    end
-    Capybara.current_driver = original_driver
-    Capybara.javascript_driver = original_driver
-    Capybara.use_default_driver
-  end
-end
-
-# Rather than using switching to use selenium, we could have restarted Phantomjs
-module PhantomJSRestart
-  def self.call
-    puts "Restarting phantomjs: iterating through capybara sessions..."
-    session_pool = Capybara.send("session_pool")
-    session_pool.each do |mode, session|
-      msg = "  => #{mode} -- "
-      driver = session.driver
-      if driver.is_a?(Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver)
-        msg += "restarting"
-        driver.restart
-      else
-        msg += "not poltergeist: #{driver.class}"
-      end
-      puts msg
-    end
-  end
-end