diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1521035578b..7c1552bb2a8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -293,12 +293,12 @@ script:
   echo
 
 - |
-  echo "Checking coding style"
+  echo "Checking coding style (excluding Pull Requests builds)"
   # Ensure we catch errors
   set -e
   # Exclusions are defined in the ruleset.xml file
   #phpcs -s -n -p -d memory_limit=-1 --colors --tab-width=4 --standard=dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml --encoding=utf-8 .
-  phpcs -s -p -d memory_limit=-1 --extensions=php --colors --tab-width=4 --standard=dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml --encoding=utf-8 --runtime-set ignore_warnings_on_exit true .
+  if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then phpcs -s -p -d memory_limit=-1 --extensions=php --colors --tab-width=4 --standard=dev/setup/codesniffer/ruleset.xml --encoding=utf-8 --runtime-set ignore_warnings_on_exit true .; fi
   set +e
   echo