diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 10794a77b3..17204d4dc6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ jobs:
     - stage: deploy
       name: Ubuntu Deploy
       os: linux
-      script: scripts/travis/deploy_packages.sh
+      script:
+        - scripts/travis/deploy_packages.sh
+        - scripts/travis/test_release.sh
     - # same stage, parallel job
       name: MacOS Deploy
       os: osx
@@ -144,16 +146,6 @@ jobs:
       script:
         - scripts/travis/external_build.sh ./scripts/travis/deploy_packages.sh
 
-    - stage: post_deploy
-      os: linux
-      name: Test Release Builds
-      script:
-        - scripts/travis/test_release.sh
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          packages:
-            - awscli
-
 # Don't rebuild libsodium every time
 cache:
   directories: