diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d18279154f..b6ebc61242 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ node_js:
 # NodeJS v4 requires gcc 4.8
 env:
   - NODE_ENV=travis CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-    - node_js: 4
 services:
   - mongodb
 # gcc 4.8 requires ubuntu-toolchain-r-test