diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 047a98640f..e0a2ead3d5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ install:
   - git clone https://github.com/frappe/bench --depth 1
   - pip install -e ./bench
 
-  - rm $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/.git/shallow
-  - bash $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/travis/bench_init.sh
+  - git clone https://github.com/frappe/frappe --branch $TRAVIS_BRANCH --depth 1
+  - bench init --frappe-path ~/frappe --python $(which python) frappe-bench
+
   - cp -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/test_sites/test_site ~/frappe-bench/sites/
 
 before_script:
diff --git a/travis/bench_init.sh b/travis/bench_init.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f96269b919..0000000000
--- a/travis/bench_init.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cd ~/
-curl -I https://github.com/frappe/frappe/tree/$TRAVIS_BRANCH | head -n 1 | cut -d $' ' -f2 | (
-	read response;
-	[ $response == '200' ] && branch=$TRAVIS_BRANCH || branch='develop';
-	bench init frappe-bench --frappe-path https://github.com/frappe/frappe.git --frappe-branch $branch --python $(which python)
-)