diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 72f83ce28..73f8b2139 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
 - cabal new-update
-- cabal new-configure --enable-benchmarks --enable-tests --write-ghc-environment-files=always
+- cabal new-configure --enable-tests --write-ghc-environment-files=always
 - cabal new-build --only-dependencies
 
 script: