diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7fd2187..58dd54a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ install:
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != 2* ]]; then pip install sphinx; fi
   - pip install .
 script:
-  - flake8 .
+  - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != nightly ]]; then flake8 .; fi
   - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != 2* ]]; then doc8 $(git ls-files '*.rst'); fi
   - yamllint --strict $(git ls-files '*.yaml' '*.yml')
   - coverage run --source=yamllint setup.py test