diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d5461dd8ece..8d20672aa3e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ env:
 compiler: clang-3.6
 install: 
   - echo "$PWD"
-  - if [ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" ] && [ "$PACKAGE" != CHECK ]; then  DO_IGNORE=FALSE;  for ARG in $(echo "$PACKAGE");do if [ "$ARG" = "Maintenance" ]; then continue; fi; . $PWD/.travis/test_package.sh "$PWD" "$ARG";  echo "DO_IGNORE is $DO_IGNORE";  if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "FALSE" ]; then  break; fi; done; if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "TRUE" ]; then travis_terminate 0; fi;fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH" ] && [ "$PACKAGE" != CHECK ]; then  DO_IGNORE=FALSE;  for ARG in $(echo "$PACKAGE");do if [ "$ARG" = "Maintenance" ]; then continue; fi; . $PWD/.travis/test_package.sh "$PWD" "$ARG";  echo "DO_IGNORE is $DO_IGNORE";  if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "FALSE" ]; then  break; fi; done; if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "TRUE" ]; then travis_terminate 0; fi;fi
   - bash .travis/install.sh 
   - export CXX=clang++-3.6 CC=clang-3.6;
 before_script: 
diff --git a/.travis/build_package.sh b/.travis/build_package.sh
index 892a06510b6..b0b99541514 100755
--- a/.travis/build_package.sh
+++ b/.travis/build_package.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ cd $ROOT
   fi
   IFS=$old_IFS
 
-  if [ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" ] && [ "$ARG" != Polyhedron_demo ]; then
+  if [ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH" ] && [ "$ARG" != Polyhedron_demo ]; then
     DO_IGNORE=FALSE
     . $ROOT/.travis/test_package.sh "$ROOT" "$ARG"
     echo "DO_IGNORE is $DO_IGNORE"
diff --git a/.travis/template.txt b/.travis/template.txt
index c023fe68f3e..9a524c2b552 100644
--- a/.travis/template.txt
+++ b/.travis/template.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
 compiler: clang-3.6
 install: 
   - echo "$PWD"
-  - if [ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" ] && [ "$PACKAGE" != CHECK ]; then  DO_IGNORE=FALSE;  for ARG in $(echo "$PACKAGE");do if [ "$ARG" = "Maintenance" ]; then continue; fi; . $PWD/.travis/test_package.sh "$PWD" "$ARG";  echo "DO_IGNORE is $DO_IGNORE";  if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "FALSE" ]; then  break; fi; done; if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "TRUE" ]; then travis_terminate 0; fi;fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH" ] && [ "$PACKAGE" != CHECK ]; then  DO_IGNORE=FALSE;  for ARG in $(echo "$PACKAGE");do if [ "$ARG" = "Maintenance" ]; then continue; fi; . $PWD/.travis/test_package.sh "$PWD" "$ARG";  echo "DO_IGNORE is $DO_IGNORE";  if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "FALSE" ]; then  break; fi; done; if [ "$DO_IGNORE" = "TRUE" ]; then travis_terminate 0; fi;fi
   - bash .travis/install.sh 
   - export CXX=clang++-3.6 CC=clang-3.6;
 before_script: