diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index de1f6923c23..86054759bba 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ script:
     else make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0      && ./$MAME -validate;
     fi
     elif [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == 'osx' ]; then
-    make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0 MACOSX_USE_LIBSDL=1 && ./$MAME -validate;
+    unset LDOPTS && make -j2 OPTIMIZE=0 MACOSX_USE_LIBSDL=1 && ./$MAME -validate;
     fi
 sudo: required
 before_install: