diff --git a/travis/run_qas.sh b/travis/run_qas.sh
index 324d33255e..51fc56de56 100755
--- a/travis/run_qas.sh
+++ b/travis/run_qas.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 #OpenMPI fixes
     export OMPI_MCA_plm_rsh_agent=ssh
-    export OMPI_MCA_btl=self,tcp
+#    export OMPI_MCA_btl=self,tcp
     export OMPI_MCA_osc=^ucx
 #    export OMPI_MCA_btl_tcp_if_include=lo
 # source env. variables