diff --git a/regtest/metatensor/rt-basic/config b/regtest/metatensor/rt-basic/config
index 13056b660d..acec0ad7d9 100644
--- a/regtest/metatensor/rt-basic/config
+++ b/regtest/metatensor/rt-basic/config
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ type=driver
 
 # NOTE: to enable --debug-forces, also change the dtype of the models to float64
 arg="--plumed plumed.dat --ixyz structure.xyz --length-units A --dump-forces forces --dump-forces-fmt %8.2f" # --debug-forces forces.num"
+
+PLUMED_ALLOW_SKIP_ON_TRAVIS=yes