diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 54a265566..c62fd7bde 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ matrix:
 
 
 before_script:
-  - sh -c "composer global require 'phpunit/phpunit=3.7.33'"
-  - sh -c "ln -s ~/.composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/PHPUnit ./vendors/PHPUnit"
+  - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' != '5.2' ]; then composer global require 'phpunit/phpunit=3.7.33'; fi"
+  - sh -c "if [ '$TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION' != '5.2' ]; then ln -s ~/.composer/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/PHPUnit ./vendors/PHPUnit; fi"
   - sudo locale-gen de_DE
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mysql' ]; then mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE cakephp_test;'; fi"
   - sh -c "if [ '$DB' = 'mysql' ]; then mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE cakephp_test2;'; fi"