diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 954f14a4da..ec07243a28 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ addons:
     chrome: stable
 install:
     - npm install
-    - (cd node_modules/matrix-js-sdk && npm install)
 script:
     ./scripts/travis.sh
diff --git a/scripts/travis.sh b/scripts/travis.sh
index 5c084145da..b3f87bfed0 100755
--- a/scripts/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ scripts/fetchdep.sh matrix-org matrix-js-sdk
 rm -r node_modules/matrix-js-sdk || true
 ln -s matrix-js-sdk node_modules/matrix-js-sdk
 
-pushd node_modules/matrix-js-sdk
+cd node_modules/matrix-js-sdk
 npm install
-popd
+cd ../..
 
 npm run test
 ./.travis-test-riot.sh