diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 25a756d81c..30ac5e089e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ sudo: false
 language: generic
 
 env:
-    - SW=$HOME/sw PATH=$SW/bin:$PATH CFLAGS=-I$SW/include LDFLAGS=-L$SW/lib LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SW/qt/lib:$SW/lib PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$SW/lib/pkgconfig QMAKE=$SW/qt/bin/qmake QMAKESPEC=$SW/qt/mkspecs/linux-g++
+    - SW=$HOME/sw PATH=$SW/bin:$PATH CFLAGS=-I$SW/include LDFLAGS=-L$SW/lib LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SW/qt/lib:$SW/lib PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$SW/lib/pkgconfig QMAKE=$SW/qt/bin/qmake 
 
 before_install:
     - curl https://download.calibre-ebook.com/travis/sw-linux.tar.xz | tar xJ -C $HOME
-    - echo "[Paths]\nPrefix = .." > $SW/qt/bin/qt.conf
-    - cat $SW/qt/bin/qt.conf
+    - $QMAKE -query
     - python setup.py bootstrap --ephemeral
 script: python setup.py test