diff --git a/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh b/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh
index 080fd13f..b56af78c 100755
--- a/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh
+++ b/src/travis/linux-x86_64-before-install.sh
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ else
     tar xf Python-$BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz
   fi
   cd Python-$BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION
-  if [[ "$dist" == "bionic" ]]; then
-    echo "running bionic make clean"
-    make clean
-    rm Makefile
-  fi
+  #if [[ "$dist" == "bionic" ]]; then
+  #  echo "running bionic make clean"
+  #  make clean
+   # rm Makefile
+  #fi
   echo "Compiling Python $BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION..."
   safe_flags="--with-openssl=$mypath/ssl --enable-shared --prefix=$mypath/python --with-ensurepip=upgrade"
   unsafe_flags="--enable-optimizations --with-lto"