diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f0311bb7e5..845df49b65 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ cache:
 
 before_install:
   # To be removed when this issue will be resolved: https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/5355
+  - echo "memory_limit=4G" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/conf.d/travis.ini
   - if [[ "$COMPOSER_FLAGS" == *"--prefer-lowest"* ]]; then composer update --prefer-dist --no-interaction --prefer-stable --quiet; fi
   - if [ "$DEPENDENCIES" != "" ]; then composer require --no-update $DEPENDENCIES; fi;
-  - echo "memory_limit=4G" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/conf.d/travis.ini
 
 install: composer update --prefer-dist --no-interaction $COMPOSER_FLAGS