diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 18eae23691e1b91cdcdc309fbd596424c44eb39a..a2aa9f29303ddd966f312bbd41ee5cac39b73c6d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ before_install:
   - echo $CXX
   - echo $CC
   - if [ "$CXX" == "g++" ]; then export CXX=""; fi
-  - if [ "$CC" == "gcc" ];  then export CXX=""; fi
+  - if [ "$CC" == "gcc" ];  then export CC=""; fi
   - echo $CXX
   - echo $CC