diff --git a/ci/install_travis.sh b/ci/install_travis.sh
index 6946d7dd11870..475fc6a46955d 100755
--- a/ci/install_travis.sh
+++ b/ci/install_travis.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ if [ "$PIP_BUILD_TEST" ]; then
     echo "[building release]"
     bash scripts/build_dist_for_release.sh
     conda uninstall -y cython
-    time pip install dist/*tar.gz || exit 1
+    time pip install dist/*tar.gz --quiet || exit 1
 
 elif [ "$CONDA_BUILD_TEST" ]; then
 
diff --git a/scripts/build_dist_for_release.sh b/scripts/build_dist_for_release.sh
index e77974ae08b0c..bee0f23a68ec2 100644
--- a/scripts/build_dist_for_release.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_dist_for_release.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 # this builds the release cleanly & is building on the current checkout
 rm -rf dist
 git clean -xfd
-python setup.py clean
-python setup.py cython
-python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar
+python setup.py clean --quiet
+python setup.py cython --quiet
+python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar --quiet