diff --git a/.travis/build-win32.sh b/.travis/build-win32.sh
index 6171d57e..6c775889 100755
--- a/.travis/build-win32.sh
+++ b/.travis/build-win32.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fi
 
 # "git describe" seems to somtimes exit with "fatal: No names found, cannot
 # describe anything.", this makes sure we have tag information fetched.
-git fetch -t && sleep 1
+git fetch --unshallow
 
 sh win32/build-with-bootstrap.sh
 cd dist/