diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aba29443835..a6f72c87a79 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ matrix:
       dist: trusty
       env: PYTHON="3" SCALA_VER="2.10" SPARK_VER="1.6.3" HADOOP_VER="2.6" PROFILE="-Pspark-1.6 -Phadoop2 -Phadoop-2.6 -Pscala-2.10" SPARKR="true" BUILD_FLAG="package -DskipTests -DskipRat -am" TEST_FLAG="test -DskipRat -am" MODULES="-pl spark/interpreter,spark/spark-dependencies" TEST_PROJECTS="-Dtest=org.apache.zeppelin.spark.* -DfailIfNoTests=false"
 
-    # Test spark module for 1.6.3 with scala 2.11
-    - jdk: "oraclejdk8"
-      dist: trusty
-      env: PYTHON="2" SCALA_VER="2.11" SPARK_VER="1.6.3" HADOOP_VER="2.6" PROFILE="-Pspark-1.6 -Phadoop3 -Phadoop-2.6 -Pscala-2.11" SPARKR="true" BUILD_FLAG="package -DskipTests -DskipRat -am" TEST_FLAG="test -DskipRat -am" MODULES="-pl spark/interpreter,spark/spark-dependencies" TEST_PROJECTS="-Dtest=org.apache.zeppelin.spark.* -DfailIfNoTests=false"
-
     # Test python/pyspark with python 2, livy 0.5
     - sudo: required
       dist: trusty