diff --git a/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests b/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests
index 0701a81380578f8ebd1cf294682e59259c41b37b..706720c0335fc744b811b33fd086980e4fdc3462 100755
--- a/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests
+++ b/share/spack/qa/run-unit-tests
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ ${coverage_run} bin/spack -h
 ${coverage_run} bin/spack help -a
 
 # Profile and print top 20 lines for a simple call to spack spec
-${coverage_run} bin/spack -p --lines 20 spec mpileaks%gcc ^elfutils@0.170
+if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != 2.6 ]]; then
+    ${coverage_run} bin/spack -p --lines 20 spec mpileaks%gcc ^elfutils@0.170
+fi
 
 # Run unit tests with code coverage
 extra_args=""