diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f4446e6728..a5babdffb1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ before_script:
  - echo "YES_PLEASE_DELETE_ALL_MY_DATA_VERY_OFTEN=Pretty please, with sugar on top." >> tests/env
  - echo "DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres@localhost/gittip-test" >> tests/env
  - psql -U postgres -c 'CREATE DATABASE "gittip-test";'
+ - deactivate
  - make test-schema
 script: make test
 notifications: