diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 08a46cf6b5d..a34e0e29f9c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ env:
     - DM_MAPFILE=""
     matrix:
     - BUILD_TOOLS=true
-    - DM_MAPFILE="templates"
     - DM_MAPFILE="loadallmaps"
 
 cache:
diff --git a/_maps/loadallmaps.dm b/_maps/loadallmaps.dm
index 1cf574249ec..b9192f88f3c 100644
--- a/_maps/loadallmaps.dm
+++ b/_maps/loadallmaps.dm
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
 
 #undef TRAVIS_MASS_MAP_BUILD
 
+#ifdef TRAVISBUILDING
+#include "templates.dm"
+#endif
+
 #include "runtimestation.dm"
 
 #define BYOND_WHY_YOU_NO_ALLOW_INCLUDE_LAST_LINE //because byond fails to compile if the last thing in a file is an include.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/travis/before_build_tools.sh b/tools/travis/before_build_tools.sh
index 89fc61bfb9d..50167e1262a 100755
--- a/tools/travis/before_build_tools.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/before_build_tools.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ if [ "$BUILD_TOOLS" = true ]; then
     cd tgui && source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && npm install && cd ..
 fi;
 
-if [ "$DM_MAPFILE" = "templates" ]; then
+if [ "$DM_MAPFILE" = "loadallmaps" ]; then
     python tools/travis/template_dm_generator.py
 fi;
diff --git a/tools/travis/build_byond.sh b/tools/travis/build_byond.sh
index c4828e74cd6..e5f35adfaa2 100755
--- a/tools/travis/build_byond.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/build_byond.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ shopt -s globstar
 if [ "$BUILD_TOOLS" = false ]; then
     (! grep 'step_[xy]' _maps/**/*.dmm)
     source $HOME/BYOND-${BYOND_MAJOR}.${BYOND_MINOR}/byond/bin/byondsetup
-    tools/travis/dm.sh -M${DM_MAPFILE} tgstation.dme
+    tools/travis/dm.sh -DTRAVISBUILDING -M${DM_MAPFILE} tgstation.dme
 fi;