diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65c1e7bae..c17340f63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ To clone the [the GitHub repository](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/Git
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython
 cd GitPython
-git fetch --tags
 ./init-tests-after-clone.sh
 ```
 
@@ -114,9 +113,9 @@ See [Issue #525](https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues/525).
 
 ### RUNNING TESTS
 
-_Important_: Right after cloning this repository, please be sure to have
-executed `git fetch --tags` followed by the `./init-tests-after-clone.sh`
-script in the repository root. Otherwise you will encounter test failures.
+_Important_: Right after cloning this repository, please be sure to have executed
+the `./init-tests-after-clone.sh` script in the repository root. Otherwise
+you will encounter test failures.
 
 On _Windows_, make sure you have `git-daemon` in your PATH. For MINGW-git, the `git-daemon.exe`
 exists in `Git\mingw64\libexec\git-core\`.
diff --git a/init-tests-after-clone.sh b/init-tests-after-clone.sh
index 19ff0fd28..efa30a2dc 100755
--- a/init-tests-after-clone.sh
+++ b/init-tests-after-clone.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@ git reset --hard HEAD~1
 git reset --hard HEAD~1
 git reset --hard HEAD~1
 git reset --hard __testing_point__
+
+test -z "$TRAVIS" || exit 0  # CI jobs will already have taken care of the rest.
+
+git fetch --all --tags
 git submodule update --init --recursive