diff --git a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
index 6e598570a..bc9e3a2e3 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 if [[ "${MASON_PLATFORM}" == "android" ]]; then
     echo "debug: unpacking"
-    mapbox_time "unpacking NDK" \
-      $(MASON_PLATFORM= ./.mason/mason install 7z 9.20)
+    #mapbox_time "unpacking NDK" \
+    MASON_PLATFORM= ./.mason/mason install 7z 9.20
 
     echo "debug: setting 7z path"
     SEVEN_ZIP_PATH="$(MASON_PLATFORM= ./.mason/mason prefix 7z 9.20)/bin/7za"
 
     echo "debug: fetching NDK"
-    mapbox_time "fetching NDK" \
-      wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin
+    #mapbox_time "fetching NDK" \
+    wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin
 
     echo "debug: chmod NDK"
     chmod a+x ./android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin
 
     echo "debug: upacking NDK"
-    mapbox_time "unpacking NDK" \
-      $(SEVEN_ZIP_PATH x ./android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin > /dev/null)
+    #mapbox_time "unpacking NDK" \
+    SEVEN_ZIP_PATH x ./android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin > /dev/null
 
     echo "debug: setting ANDROID_NDK_PATH"
     export ANDROID_NDK_PATH=$(pwd)/android-ndk-r10c