diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 61f8e71b67112..3206db5f8b7ae 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ before_install:
         export JULIA_CPU_CORES=2;
         export JULIA_TEST_MAXRSS_MB=600;
         TESTSTORUN="all --skip linalg/triangular subarray"; fi # TODO: re enable these if possible without timing out
-    - git clone -q git://git.kitenet.net/moreutils
+    - wget http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/moreutils/moreutils_0.62.orig.tar.xz
+    - tar -xJvf moreutils_0.62.orig.tar.xz && mv moreutils-0.62 moreutils
 script:
     - echo BUILDOPTS=$BUILDOPTS
     - export BUILDOPTS