diff --git a/travis/download_and_run_es.sh b/travis/download_and_run_es.sh
index 1c458466c..037a3b7c9 100755
--- a/travis/download_and_run_es.sh
+++ b/travis/download_and_run_es.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ find . -name "elasticsearch.yml" | while read TXT ; do echo 'path.repo: ["/tmp"]
 echo "Starting Elasticsearch v${ES_VERSION}"
 
 ./elasticsearch-*/bin/elasticsearch \
-    -E es.discovery.zen.ping_timeout=1s \
-    -E es.discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes=1 \
+    -E discovery.zen.ping_timeout=1s \
+    -E discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes=1 \
     -d