diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 26f6e34bb9d744eb9112d97a783f6b090bf49c23..ef5f45aeb55846fbc2216283a425e1c6440fd70d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ install:
       export COLUMNS=80 ;
       wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GiovanniBussi/macports-ci/master/macports-ci ;
       chmod +x ./macports-ci ;
-      ./macports-ci install ;
+      ./macports-ci install --remove-brew ;
       PATH="/opt/local/bin:$PATH" ;
       make macports ;
       ./macports-ci localports macports ;