diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f9d0e1e93..4e01df7b6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ matrix:
       env: HINTS=linux LUA_VERSION=5.3.5
       compiler: gcc
       script:
-        - echo "CFLAGS+=-fno-common" >>sys/unix/hints/linux
+        - echo "CFLAGS+=-fno-common" >>sys/unix/hints/$HINTS
         - cd sys/unix/ && sh setup.sh hints/$HINTS && cd ../../
         - make fetch-lua
         - test -d "lib/lua-$LUA_VERSION/src" || exit 0