diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fd3e32cf..360f6131 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ env:
 install:
   - make develop dev-postgres
 before_script:
-  - psql -c "create database lemur; create user lemur with password 'lemur;'" -U postgres
+  - psql -c "create database lemur;" -U postgres
+  - psql -c "create user lemur with password 'lemur;'" -U postgres
   - npm install -g bower
 script:
   - make lint
diff --git a/hooks/pre-commit b/hooks/pre-commit
index b41d5f35..5925a453 100755
--- a/hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/hooks/pre-commit
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ def py_lint(files_modified):
     return report.total_errors != 0
 
 
-def js_lint(files_modified):
-    has_errors = False
-    if os.system('node_modules/.bin/jshint src/sentry'):
-        has_errors = True
-
-    return has_errors
-
-
 def main():
     from flake8.hooks import run
 
@@ -46,7 +38,7 @@ def main():
 
     files_modified = filter(lambda x: os.path.exists(x), files_modified)
 
-    if any((py_lint(files_modified), js_lint(files_modified))):
+    if py_lint(files_modified):
         return 1
     return 0