diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 358e8954a0..ccb1f30970 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ addons:
       - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test # if we don't specify this, the libstdc++6 we get is the wrong version
     packages:
       - libstdc++6
-      - fonts-droid
 install:
   - gem install coveralls-lcov
   - npm install -g firebase-tools@">=3.0.4 <3.1.0"
diff --git a/bin/internal/engine.version b/bin/internal/engine.version
index edc1a863e4..679bec51aa 100644
--- a/bin/internal/engine.version
+++ b/bin/internal/engine.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2f32e8054ddac59150e170fdaf8a601ca00f5989
+b65e1b91b5a46d710fd9c71c0a9a69f2a035265f
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart
index 14d1743502..9dee1cc8e5 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/test/flutter_platform.dart
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Future<Process> _startProcess(String mainPath, { String packages, int observator
   arguments.addAll(<String>[
     '--enable-dart-profiling',
     '--non-interactive',
+    '--use-test-fonts',
     '--enable-checked-mode',
     '--packages=$packages',
     mainPath