diff --git a/travis/phpunit-mysql-travis.xml b/travis/phpunit-mysql-travis.xml
index 807dfbcdaa..79215c8de1 100644
--- a/travis/phpunit-mysql-travis.xml
+++ b/travis/phpunit-mysql-travis.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 		</testsuite>
 	</testsuites>
 
+	<groups>
+		<exclude>
+			<group>slow</group>
+		</exclude>
+	</groups>
+
 	<php>
 		<const name="dbms" value="mysqli"/>
 		<const name="dbhost" value="0.0.0.0" />
diff --git a/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml b/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml
index e44696a335..02db76ae78 100644
--- a/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml
+++ b/travis/phpunit-postgres-travis.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 		</testsuite>
 	</testsuites>
 
+	<groups>
+		<exclude>
+			<group>slow</group>
+		</exclude>
+	</groups>
+
 	<php>
 		<!-- "Real" test database -->
 		<!-- uncomment, otherwise sqlite memory runs -->