diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index edd25226..a40998cd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
   - "9"
+env:
+  - SKIP_IIDY_AWS_TEST=yes
 before_install:
   - rm yarn.lock # prefer npm until yarn / typescript issue fixed