diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 93b4272..34d73b0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ matrix:
     - os: osx
       osx_image: xcode10.1
       env:
-        - MATRIX_EVAL="travis_wait 120 brew install gcc@8 && brew link gcc && CC=gcc-8 && CXX=g++-8"
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="travis_wait 120 brew install gcc@8 && CC=gcc-8 && CXX=g++-8"
       before_install:
         # update brew first, work around https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/3299
         - brew update