diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bf9470244..541818ca5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ script:
    - cd test
    - bjam -j 4 variant=$variant warnings=off -l900 $CC
    - cd ../examples
-   - bjam -j 4 variant=$variant warnings=off $CC
+   - bjam -j 1 variant=$variant warnings=off $CC
    - cd ../bindings/python
-   - bjam -j 4 variant=$variant warnings=off $CC
+   - bjam -j 1 variant=$variant warnings=off $CC
    - ccache --show-stats
 
 compiler: