diff --git a/hudi-spark/pom.xml b/hudi-spark/pom.xml
index e670ff729..3dfe87ce8 100644
--- a/hudi-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-spark/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
+          <skipTests>${skipUTs}</skipTests>
           <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/surefire-reports</reportsDirectory>
           <junitxml>.</junitxml>
           <filereports>TestSuite.txt</filereports>
diff --git a/scripts/run_travis_tests.sh b/scripts/run_travis_tests.sh
index 3921cc8ea..63fb959c9 100755
--- a/scripts/run_travis_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_travis_tests.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sparkVersion=2.4.4
 hadoopVersion=2.7
 
 if [ "$mode" = "unit" ]; then
-  mvn clean install -Punit-tests -DskipTests -q
+  mvn clean install -DskipTests -q
   echo "Running Unit Tests"
   mvn test -Punit-tests -pl "$modules" -B
 elif [ "$mode" = "functional" ]; then