diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 202e8826..85ac844b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ rvm:
 notifications:
   recipients:
     - cowboyd@thefrontside.net
-
+before_install:
+  - sudo apt-get install subversion
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bc6f3e05..da65fc49 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ task :checkout do
   Dir.chdir(V8_Source) do
     sh "git fetch"
     sh "git checkout #{V8_Version}"
+    sh "make dependencies"
   end
 end
 
 task :compile do
   Dir.chdir(V8_Source) do
     puts "compiling libv8"
-    sh "make dependencies"
     sh "make native GYP_GENERATORS=make"
   end
 end
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ end
 desc "clean up artifacts of the build"
 task :clean do
   sh "rm -rf pkg"
-  sh "cd #{V8_Source} && rm -rf out"
+  sh "cd #{V8_Source} && git clean -dxf"
 end
 
-task :default => [:compile, :spec]
+task :default => [:checkout, :compile, :spec]
+task :build => :checkout
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/libv8/extconf.rb b/ext/libv8/extconf.rb
index 69170ad3..7400f3ed 100644
--- a/ext/libv8/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/libv8/extconf.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 
 Dir.chdir(File.expand_path '../../../vendor/v8', __FILE__) do
   puts "compiling libv8"
-  puts `make dependencies`
   puts `make native GYP_GENERATORS=make`
 end