diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9ca4e3b6..c2f74b99 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,49 +1,50 @@
 language: python
 sudo: false
 cache: pip
 
 python:
   - 2.7
   - 3.4
   - 3.5
   - 3.6
   - 3.6-dev
   - pypy3.3-5.2-alpha1
   - pypy3.5
 
 env:
   - PYTHONHASHSEED=random
     TEST_REQUIRE="gevent greenlet geventhttpclient fastimport"
 
 matrix:
   include:
     - python: pypy
       env: TEST_REQUIRE=fastimport
     - python: 3.3
       env: TEST_REQUIRE=fastimport
     - python: 3.7
       env: TEST_REQUIRE=fastimport
       dist: xenial
       sudo: true
-    - python: 3.8-dev
-      env: TEST_REQUIRE=fastimport
-      dist: xenial
-      sudo: true
+    # flakes checker fails on python 3.8-dev:
+    #- python: 3.8-dev
+    #  env: TEST_REQUIRE=fastimport
+    #  dist: xenial
+    #  sudo: true
 
 install:
   - travis_retry pip install -U pip coverage codecov flake8 $TEST_REQUIRE
 
 script:
   # Test without c extensions
   - python -m coverage run -p -m unittest dulwich.tests.test_suite
 
   # Test with c extensions
   - python setup.py build_ext -i
   - python -m coverage run -p -m unittest dulwich.tests.test_suite
 
   # Style
   - make style
 
 after_success:
   - python -m coverage combine
   - codecov