diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5bab627..7a103f2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ addons:
 
 install:
 - curl -sL "${FBXSDK_TARBALL}" | tar xz --strip-components=1
+- zstd -d -r --rm sdk
 - git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/astropy/ci-helpers.git
 - source ci-helpers/travis/setup_conda.sh
 - conda config --set always_yes yes