diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d5d267895..784c67f300 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ jobs:
         HOST=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
         PACKAGES="python3-zmq qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libssl1.0-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libdb5.3++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev"
         NO_DEPENDS=1
+        RUN_UNIT_TESTS=false
         RUN_BITCOIN_TESTS=true
         RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS=false
         GOAL="install"