diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 049c19abd..a2493a674 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -71,25 +71,9 @@ install:
 
 # Use a heartbeat loop to produce output while compiling the policy, which takes a quite long time.
 script:
-  - POLVER=$(checkpolicy -V | cut -d' ' -f1)
-  - echo $TYPE $DISTRO $DIRECT_INITRC $MONOLITHIC $POLVER
-
-  # Prepare sources:
+  - echo $TYPE $DISTRO $DIRECT_INITRC $MONOLITHIC
   - make bare
   - make conf
-
-  # Monolithic builds:
-  - if [ "$MONOLITHIC" = y ]; then
-    ( for A in $(seq 8) ; do sleep 300 ; echo "Heartbeat $((A*5)) minutes" ; done ) &
-    make ;
-    fi
-  - if [ "$MONOLITHIC" = y ]; then make file_contexts ; fi
-  - if [ "$MONOLITHIC" = y ]; then setfiles -c policy.$POLVER file_contexts ; fi
-
-  # Modular builds:
-  - if [ "$MONOLITHIC" = n ]; then make base ; fi
-  - if [ "$MONOLITHIC" = n ]; then make modules ; fi
-  - if [ "$MONOLITHIC" = n ]; then
-    ( for A in $(seq 8) ; do sleep 300 ; echo "Heartbeat $((A*5)) minutes" ; done ) &
-    make validate ;
-    fi
+  - ( for A in $(seq 8) ; do sleep 300 ; echo "Heartbeat $((A*5)) minutes" ; done ) &
+  - make
+  - make validate
diff --git a/Rules.monolithic b/Rules.monolithic
index d2de91635..c2c2147f3 100644
--- a/Rules.monolithic
+++ b/Rules.monolithic
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ $(ncpath): $(net_contexts)
 	@$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(@D)
 	$(verbose) $(INSTALL) -m 0644 $^ $@
 
+########################################
+#
+# Validate file contexts
+#
+validate: $(fc) $(polver)
+	@echo "Validating $(NAME) file_contexts."
+	$(verbose) $(SETFILES) -q -c $(polver) $(fc)
+	@echo "Success."
+
 ########################################
 #
 # Run policy source checks