diff --git a/.ci/setup.sh b/.ci/setup.sh
index cbe2ef14e..a7774e6c4 100755
--- a/.ci/setup.sh
+++ b/.ci/setup.sh
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ if [[ $OS_NAME == "macos" ]]; then
         fi
     else
         if [[ $TRAVIS == "true" ]]; then
-            # Fix "fatal error: _stdio.h: No such file or directory"
-            softwareupdate -i "Command Line Tools (macOS High Sierra version 10.13) for Xcode-9.4"
-            rm '/usr/local/include/c++'
+#            rm '/usr/local/include/c++'  # previous variant to deal with conflict link
 #            brew cask uninstall oclint  #  reserve variant to deal with conflict link
-#            brew link --overwrite gcc  # previous variant to deal with conflict link
+            brew link --overwrite gcc
         fi
         if [[ $TASK != "mpi" ]]; then
             brew install gcc
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bc38f9759..d8b858402 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git:
 os:
   - linux
   - osx
+osx_image: xcode10.1
 
 env:
   global:  # default values