diff --git a/setup/dns.sh b/setup/dns.sh
index 5d86227a..8281c52e 100755
--- a/setup/dns.sh
+++ b/setup/dns.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ for ip in $PRIVATE_IP $PRIVATE_IPV6; do
 	echo "  ip-address: $ip" >> /etc/nsd/nsd.conf;
 done
 
+# Deal with a failure for nsd to start on Travis-CI by disabling ip6
+# and setting control-enable to "no". Even though the nsd docs say the
+# default value for control-enable is no, running "nsd-checkconf -o
+# control-enable /etc/nsd/nsd.conf" returns "yes", so we explicitly
+# set it here.
+if [ -z "$PRIVATE_IPV6" -a "$TRAVIS" == "true" ]; then
+    cat >> /etc/nsd.conf <<EOF
+  do-ip4: yes
+  do-ip6: no
+remote-control:
+  control-enable: no
+EOF
+fi
+
 echo "include: /etc/nsd/zones.conf" >> /etc/nsd/nsd.conf;
 
 # Create DNSSEC signing keys.
diff --git a/tests/assets/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh b/tests/assets/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh
index ebf433bb..e9bd7fee 100755
--- a/tests/assets/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh
+++ b/tests/assets/system-setup/remote-nextcloud-docker.sh
@@ -102,22 +102,9 @@ before_miab_install() {
 miab_install() {
     H1 "MIAB-LDAP INSTALL"
     if ! setup/start.sh; then
-        local failure="true"
-        
-        if [ "$TRAVIS" == "true" ] && tail -10 /var/log/syslog | grep "Exception on /mail/users/add" >/dev/null; then
-            dump_log "/etc/mailinabox.conf"
-            H2 "Apply Travis-CI nsd fix"
-            travis_fix_nsd || die "Could not fix NSD startup issue"
-            H2 "Re-run firstuser.sh and mods.d/remote-nextcloud.sh"
-            if setup/firstuser.sh && setup/mods.d/remote-nextcloud.sh; then
-                failure="false"
-            fi
-        fi
-        
-        if [ "$failure" == "true" ]; then
-            dump_log "/var/log/syslog" 100
-            die "setup/start.sh failed!"
-        fi
+        dump_log "/var/log/syslog" 100
+        dump_log "/etc/mailinabox.conf"
+        die "setup/start.sh failed!"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -128,8 +115,8 @@ after_miab_install() {
     . /etc/mailinabox.conf || die "Could not load /etc/mailinabox.conf"
 
     # TRAVIS: fix nsd startup problem
-    H2 "Apply Travis-CI nsd fix"
-    travis_fix_nsd || die "Could not fix NSD startup issue for TRAVIS-CI"
+    #H2 "Apply Travis-CI nsd fix"
+    #travis_fix_nsd || die "Could not fix NSD startup issue for TRAVIS-CI"
     
     # run Nextcloud docker image
     H2 "Start Nextcloud docker container"
diff --git a/tests/assets/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh b/tests/assets/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh
index da2f16a3..5b453a3a 100755
--- a/tests/assets/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh
+++ b/tests/assets/system-setup/setup-funcs.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dump_log() {
         H1 "$title"
         cat "$log_file"
     fi
+    H1 "END $title"
 }
 
 install_qa_prerequisites() {