diff --git a/tests/travis_client_test.py b/tests/travis_client_test.py
index 330efbb..f8ff26d 100644
--- a/tests/travis_client_test.py
+++ b/tests/travis_client_test.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 def test1():
-    client = TravisClient(api_token="***REMOVED***")
+    client = TravisClient(api_token="69RPiqzoC_QvKRiOJ5zLEw")
     result = client.get_builds_of_github_repo("ExchangeUnion/xud-docker")
     print(result)
 
diff --git a/xud_docker_bot/clients/travis.py b/xud_docker_bot/clients/travis.py
index c5e47da..b0d00d0 100644
--- a/xud_docker_bot/clients/travis.py
+++ b/xud_docker_bot/clients/travis.py
@@ -118,10 +118,11 @@ def trigger_travis_build2(
                 "branch": branch,
                 "merge_mode": "replace",
                 "config": {
+                    "os": "linux",
+                    "dist": "bionic",
                     "language": "python",
                     "python": "3.8",
                     "arch": arch,
-                    "services": ["docker"],
                     "before_script": [
                         'echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin',
                     ],
@@ -130,13 +131,6 @@ def trigger_travis_build2(
             }
         }
 
-        # TODO remove this backward compatibility workaround
-        if branch != "no-force" and not branch.startswith("dummy"):
-            config = payload["request"]["config"]
-            config["git"] = {
-                "depth": False
-            }
-
         r = post(f"{self.api_url}/repo/{self.repo}/requests", json=payload, headers={
             "Travis-API-Version": "3",
             "Authorization": "token " + self.api_token,