diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 079e84a8e..9e302b144 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ addons:
       description: "<Your project description here>"
     notification_email: scrawl@baseoftrash.de
     build_command_prepend: "cmake ."
-    build_command:   "make -j4"
+    build_command:   "make -j2"
     branch_pattern: coverity_scan
 
 before_install: