diff --git a/travis/build-wheels.sh b/travis/build-wheels.sh
index 709f5f9d319b2155b09b721a43fe40edc234ad84..f9cb01b7902c465801b61b62d24f9f3a8b505975 100755
--- a/travis/build-wheels.sh
+++ b/travis/build-wheels.sh
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@ for PYBIN in /opt/python/*/bin; do
         NUMPY_VERSION="1.9.3"
     elif [[ "${PYBIN}" == *cp38* ]]; then
         NUMPY_VERSION="1.17.3"
-    elif [[ "${PYBIN}" == *cp39* ]]; then
-        continue
     else
-        NUMPY_VERSION="1.8.2"
+        continue
     fi
     # Build with the oldest numpy available to be compatible with newer ones
     "${PYBIN}/pip" install "numpy==${NUMPY_VERSION}" pybind11 mako