diff --git a/.travis/install_macos.sh b/.travis/install_macos.sh
index 233775402c..833eb1828f 100755
--- a/.travis/install_macos.sh
+++ b/.travis/install_macos.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ brew install ode --with-shared
 
 # We can't trust brew to make the right symlinks, so execute commands as modules
 /usr/local/bin/${PYTHON_INTERP:-python3} -m pip install virtualenv
-/usr/local/bin/${PYTHON_INTERP:-python3} -m virtualenv --python=${PYTHON_INTERP:-python3} venv
+/usr/local/bin/${PYTHON_INTERP:-python3} -m virtualenv venv