diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index aa3093fc025848b18ec8d005807eff07e24cb1bf..e6880e71b5f5bc067d04e2b32590750c358bd8e9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ cache:
     # `cache: ccache: true` has no effect if `language:` is not `c` or `cpp`
     - $HOME/.ccache
 
+language: python
+
 # Add more cache stages (s2 etc) and corresponding OSX jobs like s1
 # if brew builds start to take longer than one Travis time limit
 stages:
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
   fast_finish: true
   # Travis exclude is buggy, this seems to be the only way to disable default build
   exclude:
-    - language: ruby
+    - language: python
   include:
     - os: osx
       env: