diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 24cd4c307..84119dd8d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 language: node_js
 sudo: false
+before_install:
+  # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/3225
+  - mkdir travis-phantomjs
+  - wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/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
 before_script: make
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7d4225fe6..6a452ccb2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ feel free to use newer features wisely.
 
 Test your code and make sure it passes.
 
+First ensure you have a `phantomjs` binary, version 2.0 or later, available on your `$PATH`. On a Mac,
+you can install this via homebrew with `brew install phantomjs`. Then:
+
 1. Go to the directory where you have checked out `iD`
 2. run `npm install`
 3. run `make`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5db17e9b5..c2efee119 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "test": "test"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "eslint js/id && mocha-phantomjs test/index.html --ssl-protocol=tlsv1 && make && mocha-phantomjs test/index_packaged.html --ssl-protocol=tlsv1"
+    "test": "eslint js/id && phantomjs node_modules/mocha-phantomjs-core/mocha-phantomjs-core.js test/index.html dot && make && phantomjs node_modules/mocha-phantomjs-core/mocha-phantomjs-core.js test/index_packaged.html dot"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -20,28 +20,28 @@
   ],
   "license": "ISC",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "d3": "3.5.5",
-    "smash": "0.0",
-    "lodash-cli": "3.9.3",
-    "uglify-js": "~2.4.16",
-    "maki": "0.5.0",
-    "eslint": "~1.10.3",
-    "mocha": "~2.3.4",
-    "mocha-phantomjs": "~4.0.2",
     "chai": "~1.9.2",
+    "d3": "3.5.5",
+    "editor-imagery-index": "git://github.com/osmlab/editor-imagery-index.git#gh-pages",
+    "eslint": "~1.10.3",
+    "glob": "~3.1.21",
+    "happen": "0.1.2",
+    "js-yaml": "~3.3.1",
+    "jsonschema": "~0.3.2",
+    "lodash-cli": "3.9.3",
+    "maki": "0.5.0",
+    "minimist": "~1.2.0",
+    "mocha": "~2.3.4",
+    "mocha-phantomjs-core": "^1.3.0",
+    "name-suggestion-index": "0.1.1",
+    "request": "~2.16.2",
     "sinon": "~1.6",
     "sinon-chai": "~2.3.1",
-    "happen": "0.1.2",
-    "glob": "~3.1.21",
-    "js-yaml": "~3.3.1",
-    "request": "~2.16.2",
-    "jsonschema": "~0.3.2",
-    "editor-imagery-index": "git://github.com/osmlab/editor-imagery-index.git#gh-pages",
-    "name-suggestion-index": "0.1.1",
-    "minimist": "~1.2.0",
+    "smash": "0.0",
+    "svg-sprite": "1.2.19",
+    "uglify-js": "~2.4.16",
     "xml2js": "~0.4.13",
-    "xmlbuilder": "~4.2.0",
-    "svg-sprite": "1.2.19"
+    "xmlbuilder": "~4.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.10.0"
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 1de031b1b..890fbef0e 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
     <script src="../node_modules/happen/src/happen.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/bind-shim.js"></script>
 
+    <script>
+    if (typeof initMochaPhantomJS === 'function') {
+        initMochaPhantomJS()
+    }
+    </script>
+
     <!-- include source files here... -->
     <script src='../js/lib/lodash.js'></script>
     <script src='../js/lib/d3.v3.js'></script>
@@ -323,7 +329,7 @@
 
     <script>
         iD.data.load('../', function() {
-            (window.mochaPhantomJS || window.mocha).run();
+            window.mocha.run();
         });
     </script>
 </body>
diff --git a/test/index_packaged.html b/test/index_packaged.html
index 5af0b5d99..4be2d344b 100644
--- a/test/index_packaged.html
+++ b/test/index_packaged.html
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
     <script src="../node_modules/happen/src/happen.js"></script>
     <script src="lib/bind-shim.js"></script>
 
+    <script>
+    if (typeof initMochaPhantomJS === 'function') {
+        initMochaPhantomJS()
+    }
+    </script>
+
     <!-- include source files here... -->
     <script src='../dist/iD.js'></script>
     <script src='../dist/presets.js'></script>
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@
     <script src="spec/id.js"></script>
 
     <script>
-        (window.mochaPhantomJS || window.mocha).run();
+        window.mocha.run();
     </script>
 </body>
 </html>