diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 130e522e..f61c5d67 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,4 @@ before_install:
     - brew update
     - brew install libtool automake gettext ninja
 script:
-    - ./bin/build_vimr.sh false
-    - xcodebuild test -scheme SwiftNeoVim
-    - xcodebuild test -scheme VimR
+    - ./bin/build_travis.sh
diff --git a/bin/build_travis.sh b/bin/build_travis.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5733cf4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build_travis.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+echo "### Building libnvim"
+
+pushd neovim
+
+ln -f -s ../local.mk .
+
+rm -rf build
+make distclean
+
+echo "### Building libnvim"
+make libnvim
+
+popd
+
+echo "### Updating carthage"
+carthage update --platform osx
+
+echo "### Executing tests"
+xcodebuild test -scheme SwiftNeoVim
+xcodebuild test -scheme VimR