diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 80de718..2b7129c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ env:
 # e.g. copy database configurations, environment variables, etc.
 # Failures in this section will result in build status 'errored'.
 before_script:
+    # Speed up build time by disabling Xdebug.
+    - phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini || echo 'No xdebug config.'
     # Set up temporary paths.
     - export PHPCS_DIR=/tmp/phpcs
     - export WPCS_DIR=/tmp/wpcs