diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8c4dfdc942..2acf070281 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ env:
     - PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
     - PIP_CACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/pip"  # unify pip cache location for all platforms
 stages:
-  - check
-  - test
+  - name: check
+    if: false
+  - name: test
+    if: false
   - build
 # Travis doesn't support testing python on Mac yet, so we need
 # to workaround it by installing it directly with brew.