diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1e3592931..32c75c98a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ scala:
 - 2.12.8
 
 env:
-- SCALAENV=jvm
-- SCALAENV=js
-- SCALAENV=all
-- G4SBUILD=docs
+  global:
+  - SBT_OPTS="-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -Xms2048m -Xmx2048m -Xss64m"
+  jobs:
+  - SCALAENV=jvm
+  - SCALAENV=js
+  - SCALAENV=all
+  - G4SBUILD=docs
 
 matrix:
   exclude:
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@ before_install:
     openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_88322e86f6b6_key -iv $encrypted_88322e86f6b6_iv -in secring.gpg.enc -out secring.gpg -d;
   fi
 - export PATH=${PATH}:./vendor/bundle
-- export SBT_JAVA_OPT=-J-Xss64m
 
 install:
 - rvm use 2.3.8 --install --fuzzy