diff --git a/run_integration_tests.go b/run_integration_tests.go
index 3f98c64cd..528d91917 100644
--- a/run_integration_tests.go
+++ b/run_integration_tests.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (env *TravisEnvironment) Prepare() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if *runCrossCompile {
+	if *runCrossCompile && !(runtime.Version() < "go1.7") {
 		// only test cross compilation on linux with Travis
 		if err := run("go", "get", "github.com/mitchellh/gox"); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func (env *TravisEnvironment) RunTests() error {
 
 	env.env["GOPATH"] = cwd + ":" + filepath.Join(cwd, "vendor")
 
-	if *runCrossCompile {
+	if *runCrossCompile && !(runtime.Version() < "go1.7") {
 		// compile for all target architectures with tags
 		for _, tags := range []string{"release", "debug"} {
 			runWithEnv(env.env, "gox", "-verbose",