diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 62b63d0a5d..756027d2cf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ install:
 # command to run tests
 script:
   - make lint
-  - (rc=0; for t in ${PYOP2_TESTS}; do py.test --short -v tests/${t} || rc=$?; done; exit $rc)
+  - for t in ${PYOP2_TESTS}; do py.test --short -v tests/${t}; done
diff --git a/firedrake/__init__.py b/firedrake/__init__.py
index 114733b629..90490da92d 100644
--- a/firedrake/__init__.py
+++ b/firedrake/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-# Must happen first, to ensure prefork server is up and running.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-from pyop2_utils import enable_mpi_prefork
-enable_mpi_prefork()
-del enable_mpi_prefork
-
 # Ensure petsc is initialised by us before anything else gets in there.
 import firedrake.petsc as petsc
 del petsc
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 3e8abe0c18..a10889ab08 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir)))
 
 from subprocess import check_call
+from mpi4py import MPI
 from functools import wraps
 
 
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ def parallel(item):
 
     :arg item: The test item to run.
     """
-    from mpi4py import MPI
     if MPI.COMM_WORLD.size > 1:
         raise RuntimeError("parallel test can't be run within parallel environment")
     marker = item.get_marker("parallel")
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
 
 
 def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
-    from mpi4py import MPI
     if item.get_marker("parallel"):
         if MPI.COMM_WORLD.size > 1:
             # Ensure source hash checking is enabled.
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
 
 
 def pytest_runtest_call(item):
-    from mpi4py import MPI
     if item.get_marker("parallel") and MPI.COMM_WORLD.size == 1:
         # Spawn parallel processes to run test
         parallel(item)