diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a688d416..a8f6c634 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ install:
   - /tmp/tools/cmake --prefix="$HOME" --exclude-subdir
 
 before_script :
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev
   - mkdir bld
   - cd bld