diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0fac609..f6e163f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ language: go
 
 go:
     - 1.4.1
-    - 1.3.3
 
 # let us have pretty experimental Docker-based Travis workers
 sudo: false
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 652e3a7..cec6a98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ and `make` installed.
 
 ### Install from source
 
-You need to have the [Go compiler (v1.3 or higher)](http://golang.org) installed, and `$GOPATH`
+You need to have the [Go compiler (v1.4 or higher)](http://golang.org) installed, and `$GOPATH`
 [properly setup](http://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH). Then run
 
     go get github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker-cli
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ You can cross compile to OS X, Windows, and Linux. For that you need to first
 [make your Go compiler ready for cross compiling to the target
 platforms](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12168873/cross-compile-go-on-osx).
 
-Please make sure you build with golang v1.3 or later - it is required for 
+Please make sure you build with golang v1.4 or later - it is required for 
 `boot2docker download` to work on OS X.
 
 We provide a Makefile to make the process a bit easier.
diff --git a/virtualbox/vbm.go b/virtualbox/vbm.go
index bbb5630..ed166dd 100644
--- a/virtualbox/vbm.go
+++ b/virtualbox/vbm.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
 		// remove DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH as they break VBoxManage on OSX
-		os.Setenv("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH", "")
-		os.Setenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "")
+		os.Unsetenv("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH")
+		os.Unsetenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH")
 	}
 }