diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 03b154ef..61905413 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 language: php
 php:
-- 7.0
+- 7.1
 script:
 - make install
 - make style-check
diff --git a/exercises/meetup/example.php b/exercises/meetup/example.php
index 12692665..255884f1 100644
--- a/exercises/meetup/example.php
+++ b/exercises/meetup/example.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-use DateTime;
-
 function meetup_day($year, $month, $which, $weekday)
 {
     $monthName = (DateTime::createFromFormat("!m", $month))->format('F');
diff --git a/exercises/meetup/meetup_test.php b/exercises/meetup/meetup_test.php
index 3a9215d6..7fd3e045 100644
--- a/exercises/meetup/meetup_test.php
+++ b/exercises/meetup/meetup_test.php
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 require "meetup.php";
 
-use DateTime;
-
 class MeetupTest extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 {
     public function testMonteenthOfMay2013()
diff --git a/exercises/series/example.php b/exercises/series/example.php
index 599d45f5..6ca364d3 100644
--- a/exercises/series/example.php
+++ b/exercises/series/example.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-use Exception;
-
 function slices($series, $size)
 {
     if ($size > strlen($series) || $size < 1) {
diff --git a/exercises/series/series_test.php b/exercises/series/series_test.php
index e1001f93..3e6fcf0b 100644
--- a/exercises/series/series_test.php
+++ b/exercises/series/series_test.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 require "series.php";
-use Exception;
 
 class SieveTest extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 {