diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 099bcde..e2c694d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq g++-4.7; fi
-  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
+  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.7" CC="gcc-4.7"; fi
 before_script:
   - mkdir build
   - cd build