diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 17aa983ef..9ac347ab0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ matrix:
     install:
       - sudo apt-get -y install libboost-{chrono,program-options,date-time,thread,system,filesystem,regex,serialization}1.58{-dev,.0}
     script:
-      - make debug-all
       - make debug-test
     after_success:
       - coveralls --exclude external --exclude tests -e cmake -e contrib -e translations -e utils --gcov-options '\-lp'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 69d1127de..cade2b8aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ cmake-debug:
 debug: cmake-debug
 	cd build/debug && $(MAKE)
 
-debug-test: debug
+debug-test:
 	mkdir -p build/debug
-	cd build/debug && cmake -D BUILD_TESTS=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../.. && $(MAKE) test
+	cd build/debug && cmake -D BUILD_TESTS=ON -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ../.. && $(MAKE) && $(MAKE) test
 
 debug-all:
 	mkdir -p build/debug