diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d75c4c1..6e7f888 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ addons:
         name: "Bo-Yuan-Huang/cpp-project-template"
         description: "Build submitted via Travis CI"
       notification_email: byhuang1992@gmail.com
-      build_command_prepend: "mkdir build && cd build && cmake -Dcoverage=ON $PARENTDIR"
-      build_command:   "cd $PARENTDIR/build && make"
+      build_command_prepend: "cmake -Dcoverage=ON $PARENTDIR"
+      build_command:   "make"
       branch_pattern: coverity_scan
 
 before_install: