diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f2b804822..16a3b073c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ before_install:
     # disable xdebug if available
     - phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini || echo "xdebug not available"
     # disable default memory limit
+    - export INI=~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/conf.d/travis.ini
     - echo memory_limit = -1 >> $INI
 
 install: