diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dbccd5b9fb32464e83bcfe7f214c8d151db4d92b..5e3e15e99fc230ea140151e24cd0abd64bd254ac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ notifications:
 
 before_install:
     - git submodule init
-    - git submodule update --recursive
+    - git submodule update
 
 script:
     - export CC=gcc-5