diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e98cae030..a643d2ff5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ before_script:
     - if [ "$CHECK_DOC" = 1 ]; then contrib/devtools/git-subtree-check.sh src/leveldb; fi
     - if [ "$CHECK_DOC" = 1 ]; then contrib/devtools/check-doc.py; fi
     - if [ "$CHECK_DOC" = 1 ]; then contrib/devtools/check-rpc-mappings.py .; fi
-    - if [ "$CHECK_DOC" = 1 ]; then contrib/devtools/lint-all.sh; fi
+    - if [ "$CHECK_DOC" = 1 -a "$TRAVIS_EVENT_TYPE" = "pull_request" ]; then contrib/devtools/lint-all.sh; fi
     - unset CC; unset CXX
     - mkdir -p depends/SDKs depends/sdk-sources
     - if [ -n "$OSX_SDK" -a ! -f depends/sdk-sources/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz ]; then curl --location --fail $SDK_URL/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz -o depends/sdk-sources/MacOSX${OSX_SDK}.sdk.tar.gz; fi