diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 038425fd..39bc0955 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ script:
     - cd maint
     - python -m tornado.test.runtests
     - python -m tornado.test.runtests --ioloop=tornado.platform.select.SelectIOLoop
-    - python -m tornado.test.runtests --resolver=tornado.netutil.ThreadedResolver
     - python -O -m tornado.test.runtests
     - LANG=C python -m tornado.test.runtests
     - LANG=en_US.utf-8 python -m tornado.test.runtests
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 3* ]]; then python -bb -m tornado.test.runtests; fi
+    - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 3* || $DEPS == true ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --resolver=tornado.netutil.ThreadedResolver; fi
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2* && $DEPS == true ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --httpclient=tornado.curl_httpclient.CurlAsyncHTTPClient; fi
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2* && $DEPS == true ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --ioloop_time_monotonic; fi
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2* && $DEPS == true ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --ioloop=tornado.platform.twisted.TwistedIOLoop; fi
     - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2* && $DEPS == true ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --resolver=tornado.platform.twisted.TwistedResolver; fi
-    - if [[ $DEPS == true ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --resolver = tornado.platform.caresresolver.CaresResolver; fi
-    - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '3.3' ]] then python -m tornado.test.runtests --ioloop_time_monotonic; fi
+    - if [[ $DEPS == true ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --resolver=tornado.platform.caresresolver.CaresResolver; fi
+    - if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '3.3' ]]; then python -m tornado.test.runtests --ioloop_time_monotonic; fi