diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 087e9066e..0c0c240e3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: go
 cache:
   directories:
-    - vendor/
     - $GOCACHE
     - $GOPATH/pkg/mod
     - $GOPATH/src/github.com/btcsuite
@@ -29,17 +28,14 @@ install:
 script:
   - export GO111MODULE=on
 
-  # Common for all builds.
-  - make btcd
-
   # Run unit tests with race condition detector.
-  - 'if [ "$RACE" = true ]; then make unit-race ; fi'
+  - 'if [ "$RACE" = true ]; then make btcd && make unit-race ; fi'
 
   # Run integration tests.
-  - 'if [ "$ITEST" = true ]; then make build && make itest-only; fi'
+  - 'if [ "$ITEST" = true ]; then make btcd && make build && make itest-only; fi'
 
   # Run unit tests and generate coverage report.
-  - 'if [ "$COVER" = true ]; then make lint && make unit-cover && make goveralls; fi'
+  - 'if [ "$COVER" = true ]; then make btcd && make lint && make unit-cover && make goveralls; fi'
 
 after_script:
   - echo "Uploading to termbin.com..." && find *.log | xargs -I{} sh -c "cat {} | nc termbin.com 9999 | xargs -r0 printf '{} uploaded to %s'"