diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 68a94f88..b87c4076 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ env:
   - DVER=1 LLVM_PACKAGE=llvm-3.1 LLVM_VERSION=3.1
   - DVER=2 LLVM_PACKAGE=llvm-3.0-dev LLVM_VERSION=3.0
   - DVER=2 LLVM_PACKAGE=llvm-3.1 LLVM_VERSION=3.1
-before_script:
-  - git submodule update --init --recursive
 script:
   - cmake -DD_VERSION=$DVER -DLLVM_CONFIG=/usr/bin/llvm-config-$LLVM_VERSION
   - make