diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ba3e61bfb..96dba18a7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
 
 before_script:
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION = '7.0' && $DB = 'sqlite' ]]; then PHPUNIT_FLAGS="--coverage-clover ./build/logs/clover.xml"; else PHPUNIT_FLAGS=""; fi
-  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != '7.0' && $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != 'hhvm' ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini; fi
+  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION -lt '7.0' && $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION != 'hhv*' ]]; then phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini; fi
   - composer self-update
   - composer install --prefer-source