diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8829212b27f8..79062f37d44b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -136,9 +136,7 @@ jobs:
             php: 7.3
             name: Test Coverage
             script:
-                # https://kizu514.com/blog/pcov-is-better-than-phpdbg-and-xdebug-for-code-coverage/
-                - pecl install pcov
-                - vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover coverage.xml
+                - phpdbg -qrr -d memory_limit=-1 vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover coverage.xml
                 - wget https://github.com/php-coveralls/php-coveralls/releases/download/v2.1.0/php-coveralls.phar
                 - php php-coveralls.phar --verbose