diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bf8d11a8..cd8d4ca3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jdk:
   - oraclejdk8
   - oraclejdk9
   - openjdk10
-  - openjdk11
+#  - openjdk11
   
 # compile and run the test suite
 # we manually set PRISM_JAVA to the java on the PATH as the python invocation of prism-auto fiddles with the PATH variable...