diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0560999c7a9f1..3990187b366c0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -48,17 +48,15 @@ jobs:
           packages: ["g++-8",   "g++-8-multilib",   "libc6-dbg", "libc6-dbg:i386", "libsdl2-dev", "libsdl2-ttf-dev", "libsdl2-image-dev", "libsdl2-mixer-dev"]
           sources: *apt_sources
 
-      # MXE variants disabled while pkg.mxe.cc is down
+      # MXE variants using alternate repository http://mirror.mxe.cc/repos/apt
       # GCC MinGW
     - env: COMPILER='g++' LDFLAGS='-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++' MXE_TARGET='i686-w64-mingw32.static' WINE='wine'
-      if: type = disabled
       addons: &gcc
         apt:
           packages: ["wine"]
 
     # Windows Tiles
     - env: COMPILER='g++' LDFLAGS='-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++' MXE_TARGET='i686-w64-mingw32.static' WINE='wine' TILES=1 SOUND=1
-      if: type = disabled
       compiler: gcc
       addons: &gcc
         apt:
diff --git a/build-scripts/requirements.sh b/build-scripts/requirements.sh
index 632e5c05a01e8..c77c28a0195cf 100644
--- a/build-scripts/requirements.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/requirements.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ fi
 
 # Influenced by https://github.com/zer0main/battleship/blob/master/build/windows/requirements.sh
 if [ -n "${MXE_TARGET}" ]; then
-  echo "deb http://pkg.mxe.cc/repos/apt/debian wheezy main" \
-    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mxeapt.list
-  travis_retry sudo apt-key adv --keyserver x-hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 \
-    --recv-keys D43A795B73B16ABE9643FE1AFD8FFF16DB45C6AB
+    sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64] https://mirror.mxe.cc/repos/apt xenial main'
+    travis_retry sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 84C7C89FC632241A6999ED0A580873F586B72ED9
   # We need to treat apt-get update warnings as errors for which the exit code
   # is not sufficient.  The following workaround inspired by
   # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175146/apt-get-update-exit-status/