diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 264bfb45..7d84f237 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ go:
 
 sudo: false
 
+# we only need a single git commit
+git:
+  depth: 1
+
 # test-and-build does the installation, so tell travis to skip the
 # installation step
 install: true