diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d62800abf..348fb4957 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ jdk:
 
 script:
   - mvn
+  # japicmp requires a package
+  - mvn jar:jar japicmp:cmp -P japicmp
 
 after_success:
-  - mvn clean test japicmp:cmp -P japicmp jacoco:report coveralls:report -Ptravis-jacoco
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+  # jacoco will run in the main script. Include the profile to submit to coveralls.
+  - mvn jacoco:report coveralls:report -Ptravis-jacoco