diff --git a/_travis/build_on_linux.sh b/_travis/build_on_linux.sh
index 32e41fe51ce2283b8a0b6864fc8dc286104b07f9..b1a1d85c292cb791272e09b02f6ada39a29c45f0 100755
--- a/_travis/build_on_linux.sh
+++ b/_travis/build_on_linux.sh
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ set -e
         "import moose; print moose.version(); print( moose.__file__ ); moose.test( timeout = 10 )"
 
     # Now launch gui, terminate is after 3 seconds.
-    timeout -k 3 moosegui
+    timeout 3 moosegui
+
 )