diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 4afd0d59b0e239a7293e3bcb9093c79ae753acf9..79715eb88cafa3f49a6ae63acb990dcb73a1c64d 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ ASSET_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'assets')
 
 HOST_TARGET_CONF = TargetConf({
     'kind': 'host',
-    # Travis has a passwordless sudo, so we provide an garbage password since
-    # sudo will accept anything
-    'password': 'foobar',
     # Don't load cpufreq, it usually won't work with CI targets
     'devlib': {
         'excluded-modules': ['cpufreq', 'hwmon'],
diff --git a/tools/scripts/travis_tests.sh b/tools/scripts/travis_tests.sh
index 5a3ba4f0e52b6360d40002d0cfe35f3fa9b56c26..9dca0792049b47d691030ce554c9eda632378ada 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/travis_tests.sh
+++ b/tools/scripts/travis_tests.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ source init_env || exit 1
 set -e
 
 echo "Starting nosetests ..."
-python3 -m nose
+python3 -m nose -vv
 
 echo "Available LISA tests:"
 lisa-test --list