diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d11676714..4aed11625 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ php:
   - 5.6
   - hhvm
 
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-    - php: hhvm
-
 before_script:
     - sudo apt-get install parallel
     - rm -f ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/conf.d/xdebug.ini
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/AllFunctionalTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/AllFunctionalTest.php
index f27d58117..39f0c23d6 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/AllFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/AllFunctionalTest.php
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class AllFunctionalTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
     public function testBuildPhar()
     {
+        if (defined('HHVM_VERSION')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Building the phar does not work on HHVM.');
+        }
+        
         $fs = new Filesystem;
         $fs->removeDirectory(dirname(self::$pharPath));
         $fs->ensureDirectoryExists(dirname(self::$pharPath));