diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8bdfe89ce1..bda0de6d61 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ install:
   - sudo apt-get install -qq swig
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-all-dev
   - sudo apt-get --reinstall install -qq language-pack-en language-pack-fr
-  - git clone https://github.com/google/googletest ~/gtest && cd ~/gtest && git checkout release-1.8.0 && cd -
+  - git clone https://github.com/google/googletest -b release-1.8.0 ~/gtest
 script: ./autogen.sh && ./configure GTEST_ROOT=~/gtest/googletest GMOCK_ROOT=~/gtest/googlemock && make && TZ="America/Los_Angeles" make check