diff --git a/scripts/travis-common.sh b/scripts/travis-common.sh
index 2d4b03cc6..40d18374e 100644
--- a/scripts/travis-common.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-common.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ configure () {
 coverage () {
     ./mason_packages/.link/bin/cpp-coveralls \
         --gcov ${LLVM_COV} \
-        --build-root . \
         --exclude mason_packages \
         --exclude .sconf_temp --exclude benchmark --exclude deps \
         --exclude scons --exclude test --exclude demo --exclude docs \