diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4c82bd55f5f..6f95386cec2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ before_install:
   - git remote set-branches --add origin master && git fetch
   - whereis java
   - java -version
+  # Initialize launcher from the correct URL so that later sbt runs work out of the box.
+  # Travis' default sbt launch script refers to `repo.scala-sbt.org` for downloading the launcher
+  # which currently doesn't work any more
+  - sbt -sbt-launch-repo https://repo1.maven.org/maven2 exit
 
 addons:
   apt:
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ before_cache:
 cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/.ivy2/cache
-    - $HOME/.sbt/boot
+    - $HOME/.sbt
     - $HOME/.cache/coursier
 
 env:
@@ -44,8 +48,6 @@ env:
     - CI_SONATYPE_RELEASE="; sonatypePrepare; sonatypeBundleUpload; sonatypeClose"
 
 script:
-  - jabba use "adopt@1.8-0"
-  - java -version
   - sbt -jvm-opts .jvmopts-travis "$CMD"
 
 jobs: