diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 72e5bc3a13..d85b57637b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ language: cpp
 compiler:
   - gcc
   - clang
-env: "CXXFLAGS=-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0"
 os: linux
 dist: xenial
 sudo: required