diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 62754a68af..c347943fb4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ before_install:
     - echo "memory_limit = -1" >> $INI_FILE
     - echo "session.gc_probability = 0" >> $INI_FILE
     - if [ "$deps" != "skip" ]; then composer self-update; fi;
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" = 5.* ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini; fi;
+    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" != "hhvm" ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini; fi;
     - if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" = 5.* ]]; then echo "extension = mongo.so" >> $INI_FILE; fi;
     - if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" = 5.* ]]; then echo "extension = memcache.so" >> $INI_FILE; fi;
     - if [[ "$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION" = 5.* ]]; then (echo yes | pecl install -f apcu-4.0.7 && echo "apc.enable_cli = 1" >> $INI_FILE) || echo "Let's continue without apcu extension"; fi;