diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d6688b99..40ea4f915 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ addons:
     - libboost-dev
     - liblua5.1-0-dev
     - zlib1g-dev
-env: COMPILER=g++-5
 script:
-  - cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DEQEMU_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DEQEMU_ENABLE_BOTS=ON
+  - CC=gcc-5 CXX=g++-5 cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DEQEMU_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DEQEMU_ENABLE_BOTS=ON
   - make -j8
   - ./bin/tests
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