diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4fbeea7a7e..d3993bf421 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ install:
   - go get -t ./...
   - make install-linters
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then sudo apt-get install -qq g++-6 && sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-6 90; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]];   then brew update ; echo 'Available versions (gcc)' && brew list --versions gcc ; brew list gcc@6 &>/dev/null || brew install gcc@6 ; brew upgrade gcc@6 ; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]];   then brew update ; echo 'Available versions (gcc)' && brew list --versions gcc ; brew list gcc@6 &>/dev/null || brew install gcc@6 ; fi
   - make install-deps-libc
   - make install-deps-ui