diff --git a/tools/travis/docker_run.sh b/tools/travis/docker_run.sh
index 578142a32..7a0f4a301 100755
--- a/tools/travis/docker_run.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/docker_run.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ eval "$(pyenv init -)"
 pyenv global ${PYVER}
 pyenv local ${PYVER}
 
-# needed for basemap see https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/issues/414#issuecomment-436792915
-python -m pip install https://github.com/jswhit/pyproj/archive/v1.9.5.1rel.zip
-python -m pip install https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz
+if (( PYMAJ == 3 )) && (( PYMIN == 7 )); then
+  echo "Skipping installing only needed for doctest which are not run on Python 3.7 (see bellow)"
+else
+  # needed for basemap see https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/issues/414#issuecomment-436792915
+  python -m pip install https://github.com/jswhit/pyproj/archive/v1.9.5.1rel.zip
+  python -m pip install https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz
+fi
 
 ## disabled for the moment - re-enable later
 #python -m pip install yapf --upgrade
diff --git a/tools/travis/osx_install.sh b/tools/travis/osx_install.sh
index f2d0135ef..ab5224093 100755
--- a/tools/travis/osx_install.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/osx_install.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 python -m pip install sphinx pillow
 python -m pip install cpplint
 [[ "${PYVER}" != "3.7.0" ]] && python -m pip install tensorflow # does not yet exist on python 3.7
-brew install geos
+
+# Check if not already installed
+if brew ls --versions geos > /dev/null; then
+  echo "geos is already installed"
+else
+  brew install geos
+fi
 # needed for basemap see https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/issues/414#issuecomment-436792915
 python -m pip install https://github.com/jswhit/pyproj/archive/v1.9.5.1rel.zip
 python -m pip install https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz