diff --git a/.travis/build.sh b/.travis/build.sh
index 240d6b4d1..e2ffcd822 100755
--- a/.travis/build.sh
+++ b/.travis/build.sh
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ buildOpenAL() {
     rm -rf "$EXTERNAL/openal-soft"
   fi
   cd $OPENAL_PATH
-  rm -rf *
+  sudo rm -rf *
 
   cd "$EXTERNAL"
   git clone https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft.git