diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 54e5d1610..168e1bcbd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ env:
   global:
     # GitHub API token for citus-bot
     - secure: 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
-    # During pull request builds (not push builds), use custom-built PostgreSQL
-    - USE_CUSTOM_PG="${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA}"
+    # During push builds (not pull request builds), use custom-built PostgreSQL
+    - USE_CUSTOM_PG=$([ -z $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_SHA ] && echo "true")
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
   include: