diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e4b3afee..6b918cf8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ script:
  - cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
  - cabal build   # this builds all libraries and executables (including tests/benchmarks)
  - cabal test
- - cabal check
+# - cabal check   # complains about -Werror even though it is
+                  # hidden behind a manual flag with default false
  - cabal sdist   # tests that a source-distribution can be generated
 
 # Check that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed.