diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 66f37a5d2..bcb852cf0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ before_install:
  - sudo dpkg -i libgflags-dev_2.0-1_amd64.deb
 # Lousy hack to disable use and testing of fallocate, which doesn't behave quite
 # as EnvPosixTest::AllocateTest expects within the Travis OpenVZ environment.
- - sed -i "s/fallocate(/HACK_NO_fallocate(/" build_tools/build_detect_platform
-script: make check -j8
+script: OPT=-DTRAVIS make check -j8
 notifications:
     email: false
diff --git a/util/env_test.cc b/util/env_test.cc
index c0d00ce94..1c4d0bba0 100644
--- a/util/env_test.cc
+++ b/util/env_test.cc
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ TEST(EnvPosixTest, DecreaseNumBgThreads) {
 }
 
 #ifdef OS_LINUX
+// Travis doesn't support fallocate or getting unique ID from files for whatever
+// reason.
+#ifndef TRAVIS
 // To make sure the Env::GetUniqueId() related tests work correctly, The files
 // should be stored in regular storage like "hard disk" or "flash device".
 // Otherwise we cannot get the correct id.
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ TEST(EnvPosixTest, AllocateTest) {
   // verify that preallocated blocks were deallocated on file close
   ASSERT_GT(st_blocks, f_stat.st_blocks);
 }
-#endif
+#endif  // ROCKSDB_FALLOCATE_PRESENT
 
 // Returns true if any of the strings in ss are the prefix of another string.
 bool HasPrefix(const std::unordered_set<std::string>& ss) {
@@ -638,7 +641,8 @@ TEST(EnvPosixTest, InvalidateCache) {
   // Delete the file
   ASSERT_OK(env_->DeleteFile(fname));
 }
-#endif
+#endif  // not TRAVIS
+#endif  // OS_LINUX
 
 TEST(EnvPosixTest, PosixRandomRWFileTest) {
   EnvOptions soptions;