diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 70e213e02..ad2129d27 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +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.
-script: OPT=-DTRAVIS make unity && make clean && OPT=-DTRAVIS make check -j8
+script: OPT=-DTRAVIS make unity && make clean && OPT=-DTRAVIS make check
 notifications:
     email: false