diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ef63fd235..5a662188c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -57,23 +57,17 @@ before_script:
   - rvm get head || true
 
 script:
-  - set -ex
+  - set -e
   - if [[ $BUILD_DOCS = true ]]; then
-      git clean -fdx;
       cd docs;
       make html;
       cd ..;
-      git checkout -- .;
-      git reset --hard HEAD;
       doctr deploy --deploy-repo xonsh/xonsh-docs dev;
       git checkout $(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`);
       pip install --upgrade .;
-      git clean -fdx;
       cd docs;
       make clean html;
       cd ..;
-      git checkout -- .;
-      git reset --hard HEAD;
       doctr deploy --deploy-repo xonsh/xonsh-docs .;
     else
       py.test --timeout=10;