diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 56ca02678..a29241bbc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ matrix:
           CXX="ccache clang++ -Qunused-arguments"
       before_install:
         - brew info boost
-        - brew remove boost@1.74
+        - brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies boost@1.74
 
 install:
  - source scripts/travis-common.sh