diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8fd3e1ee0..c051c4720 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 dist: bionic
 sudo: required
+
+branches:
+  except:
+    - master
+
 # setup travis so that we can run containers for integration tests
 services:
   - docker