diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e265937..d9a42a5d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ sudo: false
 os:
   - linux
 install:
-  - git clone --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --recurse-submodules https://github.com/keyboardio/Arduino-Boards hardware/keyboardio/avr
+  - git clone --depth 1 --recurse-submodules https://github.com/keyboardio/Arduino-Boards hardware/keyboardio/avr
 script:
   - make travis-test ARDUINO_PATH=$(shell pwd)/arduino BOARD_HARDWARE_PATH=$(shell pwd)/hardware