diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6cd8d7af1f14d0468204910f50fc525f638fa259..0804298e4856a88668b1fed545ecccd198220cb3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ install:
 script:
 # make sure all modules are enabled
   - CONFIG_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS --enable-modules=all"
+# disable tracking dependencies, to build faster
+  - CONFIG_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS --disable-dependency-tracking"
 # we enable fftw, which is off by default
   - CONFIG_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS --enable-fftw"
 # enable boost_serialization to test drr module