diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d3d97f49..0abac51b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ install:
       echo "== do_codecov in $PWD: $*: build/luacov.stats.out: =="
       if [ "$DO_COVERAGE" = "codecov" ]; then
         cat build/luacov.stats.out
-        (cd build && luacov) || return 1
+        luacov || return 1
         travis_retry bash /tmp/codecov-bash -X coveragepy -c -F "$1" || return 1
         rm build/luacov.stats.out
       fi