diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5a82f4ef..cc61302b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ env:
 
 matrix:
   exclude:
-    - os: osx
-      env: QA_PROCESSOR=gcov
     - os: osx
       env: QA_SANITIZER=memory  # unsupported option '-fsanitize=memory'
 
diff --git a/expat/qa.sh b/expat/qa.sh
index 2686bdcd..6f3bf6a8 100755
--- a/expat/qa.sh
+++ b/expat/qa.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ populate_environment() {
     if [[ ${QA_COMPILER} = gcc ]]; then
         case "${QA_PROCESSOR}" in
             egypt) BASE_COMPILE_FLAGS+=" -fdump-rtl-expand" ;;
-            gcov) BASE_COMPILE_FLAGS+=" --coverage --no-inline" ;;
+            gcov) BASE_COMPILE_FLAGS+=" --coverage -O0" ;;
         esac
     fi