diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3626a4c1c4..c6054ae672 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ script:
     if [ -n "${TEST_ALL_OPTS_SEPARATED}" ]; then
       $SETARCH make -s test-all -o exts TESTOPTS="$JOBS -v --tty=no ${TEST_ALL_OPTS_SEPARATED}" RUBYOPT="-w" || :
     fi
-  - $SETARCH make -s test-spec MSPECOPT=-ff # not using `-j` because sometimes `mspec -j` silently dies
+  - $SETARCH make -s test-spec # not using `-j` because sometimes `mspec -j` silently dies
   - $SETARCH make -s -o showflags leaked-globals
 
 # We enable Travis on the specific branches or forked repositories here.