diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 50d61530a92573641262693c6667f41e612f141d..366c0a94ed6824a0083ae05ca0570b722fe14f18 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ matrix:
       env: BINDINGS=perl CC=clang
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update
-  - if [ "$BINDINGS" != "none" ]; then sudo apt-get install swig; sudo add-apt-repository ppa:asolovets/backports -y; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install swig2.0; swig -version; fi
+  - if [ "$BINDINGS" != "none" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dns/irc -y; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install swig=2.0.8-1irc1~12.04; swig -version; fi
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "python" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq python-dev; fi
 
 install: true