diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7c967c13c..cfd661911 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ before_install:
         - sudo apt-get -qq update
         - sudo apt-get install -y nasm texinfo libmpfr-dev libmpc-dev libgmp-dev libisl-dev
         - sed -i 's/git@github.com:/https:\/\/github.com\//' .gitmodules
-        - git submodule update --init --recursive --depth=50
+        - git submodule update --init hermit/lwip hermit/usr/gcc hermit/usr/pte hermit/usr/newlib hermit/usr/libomp
 script:
         - ./configure
         - wget https://www.lankes.org/deploy/bzImage
+        - mkdir -p linux/arch/x86/boot/
         - mv bzImage linux/arch/x86/boot/
         - wget https://www.lankes.org/deploy/bootstrap.tar.gz
         - tar xzf bootstrap.tar.gz