diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 069dbe60b8..8bc1766262 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ after_failure:
 before_deploy:
 - cd ide
 - npm install
-- npm run build
+- echo "NOTE(joe): CI=false below avoids stopping the build on warnings from webpack about require() targets"
+- echo "NOTE(joe): We want to see them, but not be blocked on them"
+- CI=false npm run build
 deploy:
   provider: s3
   access_key_id: "AKIAUCA3RRQKLUSZTBS5"