diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d948449..29ae92ff 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@ python:
   - 3.7
 
 git:
-  submodules: false
-
-before_install:
-  # cannot use SSH to fetch submodule
-  - sed -i 's#git@github.com:#https://github.com/#' .gitmodules
-  - git submodule update --init --recursive
-  - sed -i 's#https://github.com/#git@github.com:#' .gitmodules
+  submodules: true
 
 install: