diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index eb8fc6640..e16d16ac1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ matrix:
         apt:
           sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test']
           packages: ['g++-6', 'libbz2-dev', 'libstxxl-dev', 'libstxxl1', 'libxml2-dev', 'libzip-dev', 'lua5.1', 'liblua5.1-0-dev', 'libtbb-dev', 'libgdal-dev', 'libluabind-dev', 'libboost-all-dev']
-      env: CCOMPILER='gcc-6' CXXCOMPILER='g++-6' BUILD_TYPE='Debug' TARGET_ARCH='x86_64-asan' ENABLE_COVERAGE=ON ENABLE_SANITIZER=ON
+      # Disabled sanitizer since the build was too slow. We need to downgrade our tets dataset from Berlin to Monaco again.
+      #env: CCOMPILER='gcc-6' CXXCOMPILER='g++-6' BUILD_TYPE='Debug' TARGET_ARCH='x86_64-asan' ENABLE_COVERAGE=ON ENABLE_SANITIZER=ON
+      env: CCOMPILER='gcc-6' CXXCOMPILER='g++-6' BUILD_TYPE='Debug' TARGET_ARCH='x86_64-asan' ENABLE_COVERAGE=ON ENABLE_SANITIZER=OFF
 
     - os: linux
       compiler: "clang-4.0-debug"