diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e255ad2501..d12763058d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ before_install:
   - "export TRAVIS_COMMIT_MSG=\"$(git log --format=%B --no-merges -n 1)\""
   - echo "$TRAVIS_COMMIT_MSG" | grep '\[skip validator\]'; export TWBS_DO_VALIDATOR=$?; true
   - echo "$TRAVIS_COMMIT_MSG" | grep '\[skip sauce\]'; export TWBS_DO_SAUCE=$?; true
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" = twbs-savage/bootstrap ]; then export TWBS_DO_VALIDATOR=0; fi
 install:
   - npm install -g grunt-cli
   - ./test-infra/s3_cache.py download npm-modules