diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5f950038db6b6ffd49de368cb95c6edc2b36ac72..4c4ce11b38376d04e7f52b19e04d1ae0deca7dd9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ cache:
   apt: true 
   ccache: true
   
+
 before_install:
+  - if [ "$CXX" == "g++" ]; then export CXX=""; fi
+  - if [ "$CC" == "gcc" ];  then export CXX=""; fi
+  
   - echo $LANG
   - echo $LC_ALL
 
-  
   # update repository status (-qq is more quiet)
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install -y  coreutils gawk mawk original-awk