diff --git a/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca15_tc2_qemu b/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca15_tc2_qemu
index 83d70326937..55e40038b37 100644
--- a/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca15_tc2_qemu
+++ b/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca15_tc2_qemu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 console_impl=qemu
 qemu_machine="vexpress-a15"
 qemu_binary="qemu-system-arm"
-qemu_extra_args="-nographic -m 1G -net user,tftp=${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} -net nic"
+qemu_extra_args="-nographic -m 1G -audio none -net user,tftp=${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} -net nic"
 qemu_kernel_args="-kernel ${U_BOOT_BUILD_DIR}/u-boot"
 reset_impl=none
 flash_impl=none
diff --git a/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca9x4_qemu b/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca9x4_qemu
index d07be2b1298..b5ed72934c3 100644
--- a/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca9x4_qemu
+++ b/test/hooks/bin/travis-ci/conf.vexpress_ca9x4_qemu
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 console_impl=qemu
 qemu_machine="vexpress-a9"
 qemu_binary="qemu-system-arm"
-qemu_extra_args="-nographic -m 1G -net user,tftp=${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} -net nic"
+qemu_extra_args="-nographic -m 1G -audio none -net user,tftp=${UBOOT_TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} -net nic"
 qemu_kernel_args="-kernel ${U_BOOT_BUILD_DIR}/u-boot"
 reset_impl=none
 flash_impl=none