diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 76c2190..a180ce8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ install:
 
 script:
   - make html
-  - make xelatexpdf
+  - make latexpdf
 
 after_success:
   - cp build/latex/Makefile.pdf build/html/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f4ca23a..ba501f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ BUILDDIR      = build
 # Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
 help:
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
-	@echo "  xelatexpdf  to make LaTeX files and run them through xelatex"
 
 .PHONY: help Makefile
 
@@ -18,9 +17,3 @@ help:
 # "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
 %: Makefile
 	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
-
-# make sphinx support chinese with xelatex
-xelatexpdf: Makefile latex
-	@echo "Runnning LaTeX files through xelatex..."
-	cd $(BUILDDIR)/latex; latexmk -xelatex -shell-escape -interaction=nonstopmode
-	@echo "xelatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
diff --git a/source/conf.py b/source/conf.py
index cb2c639..c60450f 100644
--- a/source/conf.py
+++ b/source/conf.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'Makefiledoc'
 
 
 # -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
-
+latex_engine="xelatex"
 if on_rtd:
     latex_elements = {
         # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').