diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index 4144a749..cbd8fc0c 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -15,17 +15,18 @@ if [ -n "$server_branch" ] ; then
   sudo tail /etc/hosts
 
   # get latest server
-  git clone -b ${server_branch} https://github.com/mariadb/server ../workdir-server
+  git clone -b ${server_branch} https://github.com/mariadb/server ../workdir-server --depth=1
 
   cd ../workdir-server
-  mkdir bld
-  cd bld
   export SERVER_DIR=$PWD
 
   # don't pull in submodules. We want the latest C/C as libmariadb
   # build latest server with latest C/C as libmariadb
   # skip to build some storage engines to speed up the build
-  cmake -DPLUGIN_MROONGA=NO -DPLUGIN_ROCKSDB=NO -DPLUGIN_SPIDER=NO -DPLUGIN_TOKUDB=NO
+
+  mkdir bld
+  cd bld
+  cmake .. -DPLUGIN_MROONGA=NO -DPLUGIN_ROCKSDB=NO -DPLUGIN_SPIDER=NO -DPLUGIN_TOKUDB=NO
   cd libmariadb
     echo "PR:${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST} TRAVIS_COMMIT:${TRAVIS_COMMIT}"
   if [ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ] ; then