diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 49056d7475b58af1228aa598bbfff9a84cc7010e..b0aee7769ce10f6fb7bf1bec4838e7c644590eab 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ before_install:
   # workaround for gnutls bug is using git built against curl-openssl (cannot go into apt script below)
   - sudo -E rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*git*.list
   - sudo -E add-apt-repository -y ppa:pymor/travis && sudo -E aptitude update && sudo -E aptitude install git -yq
-  - test -d ${SUPERDIR}/ || git clone --branch=core_release_2.5 https://github.com/dune-community/dune-xt-super.git ${SUPERDIR}/
+  - test -d ${SUPERDIR}/ || git clone https://github.com/dune-community/dune-xt-super.git ${SUPERDIR}/
   - cd ${SUPERDIR}/
   - git submodule update --init --recursive
   - git submodule status ; git status