diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4bf3c8a6..ffe36334 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ before_install:
   - wget http://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.6.11-linux64.tar.xz
   - tar xf arduino-1.6.11-linux64.tar.xz
 install:
-  - git clone --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 build-all BOARD_HARDWARE_PATH=$(pwd)/hardware ARDUINO_PATH=$(pwd)/arduino-1.6.11