diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1c1c71086b..92b7e9fa36 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ matrix:
   include:
     - os: linux
       dist: xenial
-      if: branch = coverity_scan
+      # In order to stay under the coverity rate limit, we only run this weekly
+      # and not on push which is configured in travis-ci settings.
+      if: branch = master
 
 before_install:
     - echo -n | openssl s_client -connect scan.coverity.com:443 | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' | sudo tee -a /etc/ssl/certs/ca-