diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 80947ceb..0a4f55d0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ install:
   - git clone -b $TRAVIS_BRANCH --depth 1 https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git boost-root
   - cd boost-root
   - git submodule update --init tools/build
-  - git submodule update --init libs/config
   - git submodule update --init tools/boostdep
   - cp -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/* libs/config
   - python tools/boostdep/depinst/depinst.py config