diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f99c7349f..87c9397d1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         - DESC="Cross compile binaries"
         - GO111MODULE=on
-      # disable cache so we always build from scratch
-      cache: false
       before_script:
         # this stage needs to build everything including assets file and that
         # requires running webpack, so we need nodejs here