diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 41facb0..0c263bf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ matrix:
       os: osx
       env: OPTIONS="--enable-static --disable-shared --enable-dynamic-module --enable-static-module --enable-unicode=yes:2"
 script:
-  - touch --date="`date`" moo/* moo/*/* && cd moo && ./configure $OPTIONS && make
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+  - touch -r moo/configure moo/* moo/*/* && cd moo && ./configure $OPTIONS && make
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