diff --git a/devtools/travis-ci/install_conda.sh b/devtools/travis-ci/install_conda.sh
index e27ed5ef..37cb5bac 100755
--- a/devtools/travis-ci/install_conda.sh
+++ b/devtools/travis-ci/install_conda.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+CONDA_URL=https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda
+
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]];   then MINICONDA=Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh; fi
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then MINICONDA=Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh;  fi
 
-MINICONDA_MD5=$(curl -s https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/ | grep -A3 $MINICONDA | sed -n '4p' | sed -n 's/ *<td>\(.*\)<\/td> */\1/p')
-curl -O https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/$MINICONDA
+MINICONDA_MD5=$(curl -sL $CONDA_URL | grep -A3 $MINICONDA | sed -n '4p' | sed -n 's/ *<td>\(.*\)<\/td> */\1/p')
+
+curl -O $CONDA_URL/$MINICONDA
+
 if [[ $MINICONDA_MD5 != $(md5sum $MINICONDA | cut -d ' ' -f 1) ]]; then
     echo "Miniconda MD5 mismatch"
     exit 1
@@ -15,4 +19,4 @@ rm -f $MINICONDA
 export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
 
 conda update -yq conda
-conda install -yq conda-build jinja2
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+conda install -yq conda-build jinja2