diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b4794b7..2895614 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ script:
  - cabal-1.18 install --enable-documentation
  - cabal-1.18 sdist
  - ghc-pkg list
- - test "$GHCVER" \> "7.1" && cabal-1.18 install random
+ - if test "$GHCVER" \> "7.1"; then cabal-1.18 install random; fi
  - make -j2 -C examples