diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e0648f44a63..127349dc524 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ cache:
       - '$HOME/.m2/repository'
 
 install: /bin/true
+
+before_script:
+  - export MAVEN_SKIP_RC=true
+
 script:
   - export MAVEN_OPTS="-XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Xmx4g"
   - mvn -B clean install && cd hapi-fhir-cobertura && mvn -B -DTRAVIS_JOB_ID=$TRAVIS_JOB_ID -P COBERTURA clean cobertura:cobertura coveralls:report