diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ddf1b524a2..8a51af7c63 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 # high-level documentation on our Travis CI setup.
 dist: trusty
 install:
-  # Disable broken riak sources.list in Travis base image 2017-10-18
-  - rm -vf "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/*riak*"
+  # Disable sometimes-broken sources.list in Travis base images
+  - sudo rm -vf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
+  - sudo apt-get update
 
   # Disable Travis CI's built-in NVM installation
   - mispipe "mv ~/.nvm ~/.travis-nvm-disabled" ts