diff --git a/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_block.sh b/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_block.sh
index aeb8b48488..94f83f45ec 100644
--- a/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_block.sh
+++ b/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_block.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ ! $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST ]
+if [ ! $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "true" ]
 then
   # Wait for Connect to be ready before exiting
   while [ ! -f $SAUCE_CONNECT_READY_FILE ]; do
diff --git a/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_setup.sh b/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_setup.sh
index 6d191531f7..5cc9ee60e2 100644
--- a/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_setup.sh
+++ b/lib/sauce/sauce_connect_setup.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -e
 #   - curl https://gist.github.com/santiycr/5139565/raw/sauce_connect_setup.sh | bash
 
 # Skip this if we're un a pull request, we won't be able to connect
-if [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST ]
+if [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "true" ]
 then
   exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/travis_build.sh b/travis_build.sh
index fd5c1c980f..7af073558e 100644
--- a/travis_build.sh
+++ b/travis_build.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ grunt
 
 # If this is a pull request then we won't have access to secure variables and can't do integration tests with SauceLabs.
 #   In this case just do normal local tests
-if [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST ]
+if [ $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST == "true" ]
 then
   grunt test
 else