diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ebfa4067531..9a4fce41816 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ env:
       "
 
 # Add various options to make 'mvn install' fast and skip javascript compile (-Ddruid.console.skip=true) since it is not
-# needed. Use travis_retry to address intermittent connection timeouts when resolving the SIGAR dependency.
-install: MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx3000m' travis_retry $MVN clean install -q -ff ${MAVEN_SKIP} -DskipTests -T1.0C
+# needed. Depending on network speeds, "mvn -q install" may take longer than the default 10 minute timeout to print any
+# output.  To compensate, use travis_wait to extend the timeout.
+install: MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx3000m' travis_wait 15 $MVN clean install -q -ff ${MAVEN_SKIP} -DskipTests -T1.0C
 
 matrix:
   include:
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 1f7cd6bc247..776f5109869 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -363,13 +363,6 @@
     </resources>
   </build>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sigar</id>
-      <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/thirdparty-uploads/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>strict</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5271d70c6c..dcebf1a075a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@
             <name>${repoOrgName}</name>
             <url>${repoOrgUrl}</url>
         </repository>
+
+        <!-- Only used by core, but moved to root for parallel build dependency resolution -->
+        <repository>
+          <id>sigar</id>
+          <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/thirdparty-uploads/</url>
+        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencyManagement>