diff --git a/tests/travis/travis.sh b/tests/travis/travis.sh
index 7e9a0b14fd9efcde208bdf5a0ebe1e5c30a3b2b9..1c75579f05303ab5caf93470da96e0238d5ec552 100755
--- a/tests/travis/travis.sh
+++ b/tests/travis/travis.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ then
         echo "    [ plugin name = $PLUGIN_NAME ]"
     fi
 
-    if [ -n "$PHPUNIT_EXTRA_OPTIONS" ]
-    then
-        PHPUNIT_EXTRA_OPTIONS=""
-    fi
-
     if [ "$TEST_SUITE" = "AngularJSTests" ]
     then
         ./../angularjs/scripts/travis.sh