diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9d3b2a30eb4..fc690dbea8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cache:
   - $HOME/local
   - ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/examples/browser/node_modules
 before_install:
-- ./.travis/build-protoc.sh 3.0.0-beta-3
+- ./.travis/install-protoc.sh 3.0.0
 - ./.travis/install-swagger-codegen.sh 2.1.6
 - nvm install v6.1 && nvm use v6.1 && node --version
 - go get github.com/golang/lint/golint
diff --git a/.travis/build-protoc.sh b/.travis/build-protoc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0dc92a8e2a7..00000000000
--- a/.travis/build-protoc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
-protoc_version=$1
-if test -z "${protoc_version}"; then
-	echo "Usage: .travis/build-protoc.sh protoc-version"
-	exit 1
-fi
-if ! $HOME/local/bin/protoc-${protoc_version} --version 2>/dev/null; then
-	rm -rf $HOME/local
-
-	mkdir -p $HOME/tmp
-	cd $HOME/tmp
-	wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v${protoc_version}.tar.gz
-	tar xvzf v${protoc_version}.tar.gz
-	cd protobuf-${protoc_version}
-	./autogen.sh
-	./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --program-suffix=-${protoc_version}
-	make -j 4
-	make install
-fi
-ln -sf $HOME/local/bin/protoc-${protoc_version} $HOME/local/bin/protoc
-
-echo \$ $HOME/local/bin/protoc --version
-$HOME/local/bin/protoc --version
diff --git a/.travis/install-protoc.sh b/.travis/install-protoc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..65d9be7b266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/install-protoc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+protoc_version=$1
+if test -z "${protoc_version}"; then
+	echo "Usage: .travis/install-protoc.sh protoc-version"
+	exit 1
+fi
+if "`$HOME/local/bin/protoc-${protoc_version} --version 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f 2`" != ${protoc_version}; then
+	rm -rf $HOME/local/bin $HOME/local/include
+
+	mkdir -p $HOME/tmp $HOME/local
+	cd $HOME/tmp
+	wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v${protoc_version}/protoc-${protoc_version}-linux-x86_64.zip
+	unzip protoc-${protoc_version}-linux-x86_64.zip
+	mv bin $HOME/local/bin
+	mv include $HOME/local/include
+fi
+
+echo \$ $HOME/local/bin/protoc --version
+$HOME/local/bin/protoc --version