diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ab9a2872ab..4465254b50 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@ matrix:
       before_script:
         - mkdir -p SCANCODE
         - mkdir -p SCANCODE_NEW_FILES
-        # Fetch remaining information needed for branch comparison
-        - git fetch --all --unshallow --tags
-        - git fetch origin "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
+        # Fetch the base branch to compare against
+        - git fetch origin "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" --depth=1
       script:
         # scancode does not support list of files, only one file or directory
         # we use SCANCODE directory for all changed files (their copies with full tree)
@@ -130,9 +129,8 @@ matrix:
           export PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}";
           cd -
         - astyle --version
-        # Fetch remaining information needed for branch comparison
-        - git fetch --all --unshallow --tags
-        - git fetch origin "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
+        # Fetch the base branch to compare against
+        - git fetch origin "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" --depth=1
       script:
         - >-
           git diff --name-only --diff-filter=d FETCH_HEAD..HEAD \
@@ -246,9 +244,8 @@ matrix:
         - python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools==40.4.3
         - pip install tabulate argparse
         - pip list --verbose
-        # Fetch remaining information needed for branch comparison
-        - git fetch --all --unshallow --tags
-        - git fetch origin "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}"
+        # Fetch the base branch to compare against
+        - git fetch origin "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" --depth=1
       script:
         - >-
           git diff --name-only --diff-filter=d FETCH_HEAD..HEAD \