diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e1866ef330..ac344ad548c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ notifications:
       - "it's %{author}'s turn to pay the next round of drinks for the massacre he caused in %{repository}: %{build_url}"
 env:
   global:
-    - INTERFACE_TEST_OPTIONS="-DTRAVIS_DISABLE_UNIT_TESTS=ON -DTRAVIS_DISABLE_LIBSHOGUN_TESTS=ON -DTRAVIS_DISABLE_META_CPP=ON"
+    - INTERFACE_TEST_OPTIONS="-DTRAVIS_DISABLE_UNIT_TESTS=ON -DTRAVIS_DISABLE_META_CPP=ON"
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
   include:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cfe7fc951b8..2ce57a69fc5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ ENDIF()
 
 OPTION(ENABLE_TESTING "Enable testing" OFF)
 OPTION(TRAVIS_DISABLE_UNIT_TESTS "Disable unit testing to speed up jobs on travis-ci" OFF)
-OPTION(TRAVIS_DISABLE_LIBSHOGUN_TESTS "Disable libshogun tests to speed up jobs on travis-ci" OFF)
 OPTION(TRAVIS_DISABLE_META_CPP "Disable cpp meta examples and integration testing to speed up jobs on travis-ci" OFF)
 OPTION(DISABLE_META_INTEGRATION_TESTS "Disable meta integration testing to speed up build" OFF)
 
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b3d5780f52..eefdab9cbe3 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-IF (NOT TRAVIS_DISABLE_LIBSHOGUN_TESTS AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/undocumented/libshogun)
+IF (EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/undocumented/libshogun)
 	add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/undocumented/libshogun)
 ENDIF()