diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f669b30..43217b59 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ addons:
       - man2html
 
 cache:
-  ccache: true
   directories:
   - download-cache
   - ${HOME}/opt
+  - ${HOME}/Library/Caches/Homebrew
 
 before_install:
   - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" = "osx" ]; then brew update     ; fi
diff --git a/.travis/build-deps.sh b/.travis/build-deps.sh
index e787abab..bc538853 100755
--- a/.travis/build-deps.sh
+++ b/.travis/build-deps.sh
@@ -130,16 +130,6 @@ build_openssl () {
     fi
 }
 
-# Enable ccache
-if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" != "osx" ] && [ -z ${CHOST+x} ]; then
-    # ccache not available on osx, see:
-    # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5567
-    # also ccache not enabled for cross builds
-    mkdir -p "${HOME}/bin"
-    ln -s "$(which ccache)" "${HOME}/bin/${CC}"
-    PATH="${HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
-fi
-
 if [ ! -z ${CHOST+x} ]; then
       #
       # openvpn requires at least mingw-gcc-4.9, which is available at xenial repo