diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e74b680..7259cc0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ sudo: required
 
 matrix:
   include:
+    - env: TARGET=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
+      os: linux
     - env: TARGET=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
       os: linux
     - env: TARGET=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi
@@ -27,8 +29,6 @@ matrix:
       os: linux
     - env: TARGET=powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
       os: linux
-    - env: TARGET=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
-      os: linux
     - env: TARGET=thumbv6m-none-eabi
       os: linux
     - env: TARGET=thumbv7em-none-eabi
diff --git a/ci/env.sh b/ci/env.sh
index 50f19b2..5524995 100644
--- a/ci/env.sh
+++ b/ci/env.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ case $TARGET in
     powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu)
         export PREFIX=powerpc64le-linux-gnu-
         export QEMU_LD_PREFIX=/usr/powerpc64le-linux-gnu
+        # QEMU crashes, even running the simplest cross compiled C program:
+        # `int main() { return 0; }`
         export RUN_TESTS=n
         ;;
     thumbv*-none-eabi)
diff --git a/ci/install.sh b/ci/install.sh
index bdb0fa1..db862cc 100644
--- a/ci/install.sh
+++ b/ci/install.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ set -ex
 . $(dirname $0)/env.sh
 
 install_qemu() {
-    case ${QEMU_ARCH:-$TRAVIS_OS_NAME} in
-        i386)
-            dpkg --add-architecture $QEMU_ARCH
-            apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-                    binfmt-support qemu-user-static:$QEMU_ARCH
-            ;;
+    case $TRAVIS_OS_NAME in
         linux)
             apt-get update
             apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \