diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c33c38b8..dedec456 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ install:
 - source ~/.cargo/env || true
 - bash -x ci/install.sh
 script:
-- bash -x ci/build-ignore-timeouts.sh
+- bash -x ci/build.sh
 - mdbook test
 notifications:
   email:
diff --git a/ci/build-ignore-timeouts.sh b/ci/build-ignore-timeouts.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3ec81f62..00000000
--- a/ci/build-ignore-timeouts.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-
-output=$(mktemp)
-
-mkdir -p book/
-cp -r $HOME/linkcheck/ book/
-RUST_LOG=mdbook_linkcheck=debug mdbook-linkcheck -s 2>&1 | tee -a $output
-cp -r book/linkcheck $HOME/
-
-mdbook build
-
-result=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
-
-# if passed, great!
-if [ "$result" -eq "0" ] ; then
-    exit 0 ;
-fi
-
-errors=$(cat $output | sed -n 's/There \(was\|were\) \([0-9]\+\).*$/\2/p')
-timeouts=$(cat $output | grep "error while fetching" | wc -l)
-
-# if all errors are timeouts, ignore them...
-if [ "$errors" -eq "$timeouts" ] ; then
-    echo "Ignoring $timeouts timeouts";
-    exit 0;
-else
-    echo "Non-timeout errors found";
-    exit 1;
-fi
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b0fae124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+output=$(mktemp)
+
+mkdir -p book/
+cp -r $HOME/linkcheck/ book/
+RUST_LOG=mdbook_linkcheck=debug mdbook-linkcheck -s 2>&1 | tee -a $output
+cp -r book/linkcheck $HOME/
+
+mdbook build
+
+result=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+
+# if passed, great!
+if [ "$result" -eq "0" ] ; then
+    exit 0 ;
+fi