diff --git a/src/scenario.js b/src/scenario.js
index 5b9d1f2906..4593960c10 100644
--- a/src/scenario.js
+++ b/src/scenario.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const roomDirectoryScenarios = require('./scenarios/directory');
 const lazyLoadingScenarios = require('./scenarios/lazy-loading');
 const e2eEncryptionScenarios = require('./scenarios/e2e-encryption');
 
-module.exports = async function scenario(createSession, restCreator, runningOnTravis) {
+module.exports = async function scenario(createSession, restCreator) {
     async function createUser(username) {
         const session = await createSession(username);
         await signup(session, session.username, 'testtest', session.hsUrl);
@@ -34,16 +34,8 @@ module.exports = async function scenario(createSession, restCreator, runningOnTr
     await roomDirectoryScenarios(alice, bob);
     await e2eEncryptionScenarios(alice, bob);
 
-    // disable LL tests until we can run synapse on anything > than 2.7.7 as
-    // /admin/register fails with a missing method.
-    // either switch to python3 on synapse,
-    // blocked on https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3900
-    // or use a more recent version of ubuntu
-    // or switch to circleci?
-    if (!runningOnTravis) {
-        const charlies = await createRestUsers(restCreator);
-        await lazyLoadingScenarios(alice, bob, charlies);
-    }
+    const charlies = await createRestUsers(restCreator);
+    await lazyLoadingScenarios(alice, bob, charlies);
 }
 
 async function createRestUsers(restCreator) {
diff --git a/start.js b/start.js
index 18ccb438ec..1c3f27bbe3 100644
--- a/start.js
+++ b/start.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ program
     .option('--windowed', "dont run tests headless", false)
     .option('--slow-mo', "run tests slower to follow whats going on", false)
     .option('--dev-tools', "open chrome devtools in browser window", false)
-    .option('--travis', "running on travis CI, disable tests known to break on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS", false)
     .parse(process.argv);
 
 const hsUrl = 'http://localhost:5005';
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ async function runTests() {
 
     let failure = false;
     try {
-        await scenario(createSession, restCreator, program.travis);
+        await scenario(createSession, restCreator);
     } catch(err) {
         failure = true;
         console.log('failure: ', err);