diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2fd40a0e5..9708ef723 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ script:
   - debuild -e PATH -e CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET -e GOFLAGS_FOR_TARGET -e FCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET -e FFLAGS_FOR_TARGET -e CXXFLAGS_FOR_TARGET -us -uc -j2
   - sudo dpkg -i ../libhermit*_amd64.deb
   - make -j2 examples
-  - qemu-system-x86_64 -help 
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" != "master" ]; then make test; fi
 
 deploy: