diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7305afafd..482e09c71 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ script:
         docker run --rm -e DOCKER_IMAGE -e PY_VERSION -v `pwd`:/io $DOCKER_IMAGE $PRE_CMD "/io/ci-scripts/docker/docker_build.sh";
         klayout_version=$(python -c 'import setup; print(setup.Config().version())'); 
         mkdir -p deploy/dist-pymod/$klayout_version;
-        python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip --dist-dir=deploy/dist-pymod/$klayout_version;
         cp -a wheelhouse/{klayout-*manylinux1*.whl,*.tar.gz,*.zip} deploy/dist-pymod/$klayout_version;
         if [ "$TEST_IN_HOST" = true ]; then
             pip install klayout --no-index -f ./wheelhouse;
diff --git a/ci-scripts/docker/docker_build.sh b/ci-scripts/docker/docker_build.sh
index d5c39cd35..fa143f8f2 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/docker/docker_build.sh
+++ b/ci-scripts/docker/docker_build.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ccache -s
 # Compile wheel and build source distribution
 cd /io
 "/opt/python/$PY_VERSION/bin/python" setup.py bdist_wheel -d /io/wheelhouse/ || exit 1
-"/opt/python/$PY_VERSION/bin/python" python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip --dist-dir=/io/wheelhouse || exit 1
+"/opt/python/$PY_VERSION/bin/python" setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip -d /io/wheelhouse || exit 1
 
 # Show ccache stats
 echo "Cache stats:"