diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 34d2f2b74a27..4b997a576a3f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -68,16 +68,17 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
     include:
-        - env: ENABLE_ZTS=0 ENABLE_DEBUG=0
-          arch: amd64
-        - env: ENABLE_ZTS=1 ENABLE_DEBUG=1
-          arch: amd64
+        #- env: ENABLE_ZTS=1 ENABLE_DEBUG=1
+        #  arch: amd64
         - env: ENABLE_ZTS=1 ENABLE_DEBUG=1 SKIP_IO_CAPTURE_TESTS=1 ARM64=1
           arch: arm64
           if: type = cron
         - env: ENABLE_ZTS=1 ENABLE_DEBUG=1 SKIP_IO_CAPTURE_TESTS=1 S390X=1
           arch: s390x
-          if: type = cron
+          #if: type = cron
+        - env: ENABLE_ZTS=1 ENABLE_DEBUG=1 SKIP_IO_CAPTURE_TESTS=1 PPC64EL=1
+          arch: ppc64el
+          #if: type = cron
 
 before_script:
     - ccache --version
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ before_script:
 script:
     # ARM64 CI reports nproc=32, which is excessive.
     - if [ -z "$ARM64" ]; then export JOBS=$(nproc); else export JOBS=16; fi
-    - ./sapi/cli/php run-tests.php -P -d extension=`pwd`/modules/zend_test.so $(if [ $ENABLE_DEBUG == 0 ]; then echo "-d opcache.enable_cli=1 -d opcache.protect_memory=1 -d opcache.jit_buffer_size=16M -d zend_extension=`pwd`/modules/opcache.so"; fi) -g "FAIL,XFAIL,BORK,WARN,LEAK,SKIP" --offline --show-diff --show-slow 1000 --set-timeout 120 -j$JOBS
+    - ./sapi/cli/php run-tests.php -P -d extension=`pwd`/modules/zend_test.so -d opcache.enable_cli=1 -d opcache.protect_memory=1 -d opcache.jit_buffer_size=16M -d zend_extension=`pwd`/modules/opcache.so -g "FAIL,XFAIL,BORK,WARN,LEAK,SKIP" --offline --show-diff --show-slow 1000 --set-timeout 120 -j$JOBS
     - sapi/cli/php -d extension_dir=`pwd`/modules -r 'dl("zend_test");'
 
 after_success:
diff --git a/travis/setup-pgsql.sh b/travis/setup-pgsql.sh
index 3fea8f70b423..4c0ab2124a35 100755
--- a/travis/setup-pgsql.sh
+++ b/travis/setup-pgsql.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -ev
 
 # PostgreSQL tests currently don't work on some architectures.
-if test -z "${ARM64}${S390X}"; then
+if test -z "${ARM64}${S390X}${PPC64EL}"; then
     psql -c "ALTER USER postgres PASSWORD 'postgres';" -U postgres
     psql -c "CREATE DATABASE test;" -U postgres
 fi