diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 387b6c3cbdd56b0e7c1ccf86c253a86c3e5260cd..ec381e4102cac514ec9c0827e25d487e7d4fe9f1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ matrix:
 
 notifications:
   irc:
+    skip_join: true
     channels:
       - "irc.freenode.org#piwik"
     template: