diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7a4b4a6dc..b2b163773 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ script:
  - ./configure CXX="${CXX}" CC="${CC}" CUSTOM_CXXFLAGS="${CUSTOM_CXXFLAGS}" CUSTOM_LDFLAGS="${CUSTOM_LDFLAGS}" XML_PARSER="${XML_PARSER}" ENABLE_LOG="${ENABLE_LOG}" DEBUG="${DEBUG}" DEMO="${DEMO}" BENCHMARK="${BENCHMARK}" CPP_TESTS=True CAIRO=True FAST=True || cat config.log
  - if [[ "${DEBUG}" == True ]]; then export JOBS=$((JOBS/2)); fi;
  - make
- - git clone https://github.com/mapbox/mapnik-test-data tests/data/mapnik-test-data
+ - git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/mapbox/mapnik-test-data tests/data/mapnik-test-data
  - make test
  - source localize.sh && make grind
  - if [[ ${BENCHMARK} != False ]]; then make bench; fi;
diff --git a/tests/python_tests/mapnik_test_data_test.py b/tests/python_tests/mapnik_test_data_test.py
index 8fc1cf25f..df0b8379a 100644
--- a/tests/python_tests/mapnik_test_data_test.py
+++ b/tests/python_tests/mapnik_test_data_test.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def test_opening_data():
         for filepath in files:
             ext = os.path.splitext(filepath)[1]
             if plugin_mapping.get(ext):
-                print 'testing opening %s' % filepath
+                #print 'testing opening %s' % filepath
                 if 'topo' in filepath:
                     kwargs = {'type': 'ogr','file': filepath}
                     kwargs['layer_by_index'] = 0
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ def test_opening_data():
                           ds = mapnik.Datasource(**kwargs)
                       except Exception, e:
                           print 'could not open, %s: %s' % (kwargs,e)
-            else:
-                print 'skipping opening %s' % filepath
+            #else:
+            #    print 'skipping opening %s' % filepath
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup()