diff --git a/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing b/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing
index 9ac9662c8e..aa7668640c 100644
--- a/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing
+++ b/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4e78e7e6f9baf56ec6303d2580f380628fd31e36
+f09295557a33f20bd36415d100964ce5cadd8077
diff --git a/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-private b/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-private
index b69a84b06b..a7c2f6797a 100644
--- a/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-private
+++ b/testing/external/commit-hash.zeek-testing-private
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6fef8f0d8eb896856fa72551af65668d0ea01bf4
+faf8fa15c30a116b5401b03044db6eecfa4dd693
diff --git a/testing/scripts/travis-job b/testing/scripts/travis-job
index a166f04c3f..4c87925f33 100644
--- a/testing/scripts/travis-job
+++ b/testing/scripts/travis-job
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # outside of Travis then you will need to fetch the private tests manually
 # (if you don't, then the private tests will be skipped).
 
+LEAK_TEST_DISTRO="ubuntu_18.04_leaktest"
+
 usage() {
     echo "usage: $0 CMD DISTRO"
     echo "  CMD is a build step:"
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ distro=$2
 case $step in
     install) ;;
     build) ;;
-    build_leaktests) ;;
     run) ;;
     all) ;;
     *) echo "Error: unknown build step: $step"; usage; exit 1 ;;
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ install_in_docker() {
         ubuntu_18.04)
         distro_cmds="apt-get update; apt-get -y install gdb cmake make gcc g++ flex bison python3 libpcap-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libkrb5-dev git sqlite3 curl bsdmainutils; ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python"
         ;;
-        ubuntu_18.04_leaktest)
+        ${LEAK_TEST_DISTRO})
         distro_cmds="apt-get update; apt-get -y install gdb cmake make gcc g++ flex bison python3 libpcap-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libkrb5-dev git sqlite3 curl bsdmainutils google-perftools libgoogle-perftools4 libgoogle-perftools-dev; ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python"
         local_distro="ubuntu_18.04"
         ;;
@@ -115,17 +116,17 @@ install_in_docker() {
 
 # Build Zeek in a docker container.
 build_in_docker() {
-    if [ "${distro}" = "ubuntu_18.04_leaktest" ]; then
-	docker exec zeektest sh testing/scripts/travis-job build_leaktests travis
-    else
-	docker exec zeektest sh testing/scripts/travis-job build travis
-    fi
+    # Pass the distro as a different environment variable name to docker since
+    # the script will set $distro to "travis" as part of the invocation.
+    docker exec -e BUILD_DISTRO=${distro} zeektest sh testing/scripts/travis-job build travis
 }
 
 
 # Run Zeek tests in a docker container.
 run_in_docker() {
-    docker exec -t -e TRAVIS -e TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST -e TESTING_PRIVATE_DEPLOYKEY zeektest sh testing/scripts/travis-job run travis
+    # Pass the distro as a different environment variable name to docker since
+    # the script will set $distro to "travis" as part of the invocation.
+    docker exec -t -e TRAVIS -e TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST -e TESTING_PRIVATE_DEPLOYKEY -e BUILD_DISTRO=${distro} zeektest sh testing/scripts/travis-job run travis
 }
 
 
@@ -136,21 +137,14 @@ build() {
     make distclean > /dev/null
 
     # Skip building Broker tests, python bindings, and zeekctl, as these are
-    # not needed by the Zeek tests.
-    echo "Configuring for normal build"
-    ./configure --build-type=Release --disable-broker-tests --disable-python --disable-zeekctl && make -j 2
-}
-
-# Build Zeek for leak testing
-build_leaktests() {
-    # Cleanup any previous build (this is really only necessary if running this
-    # outside of Travis).
-    make distclean > /dev/null
-
-    # Skip building Broker tests, python bindings, and zeekctl, as these are
-    # not needed by the Zeek tests.
-    echo "Configuring with perftools for leak testing"
-    ./configure --build-type=Debug --disable-broker-tests --disable-python --disable-zeekctl --enable-perftools --enable-perftools-debug && make -j 2
+    # not needed by the Zeek tests. If the distro is set for leak tests, enable
+    # those options as well.
+    if [ "${BUILD_DISTRO}" != "${LEAK_TEST_DISTRO}" ]; then
+	./configure --build-type=Release --disable-broker-tests --disable-python --disable-zeekctl && make -j 2
+    else
+	echo "Configuring zeek to build for leak testing"
+	./configure --build-type=Debug --disable-broker-tests --disable-python --disable-zeekctl --enable-perftools --enable-perftools-debug && make -j 2
+    fi
 }
 
 # Get the private tests.
@@ -193,7 +187,12 @@ run() {
 
     set +e
     # Must specify a value for "-j" option, otherwise Travis uses a huge value.
-    ../../aux/btest/btest -j 4 -d
+    if [ "${BUILD_DISTRO}" != "${LEAK_TEST_DISTRO}" ]; then
+	../../aux/btest/btest -j 4 -d
+    else
+	../../aux/btest/btest -j 4 -d -g leaks
+    fi
+
     ret=$?
     set -e
 
@@ -231,27 +230,35 @@ run() {
     set +e
 
     if [ -d zeek-testing ]; then
-      cd zeek-testing
-      make
+	cd zeek-testing
+	if [ "${BUILD_DISTRO}" != "${LEAK_TEST_DISTRO}" ]; then
+	    make
+	else
+	    make leaks
+	fi
 
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-          showdiag
-          ret=1
-      fi
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            showdiag
+            ret=1
+	fi
 
-      cd ..
+	cd ..
     fi
 
     if [ -d zeek-testing-private ]; then
-      cd zeek-testing-private
-      make
+	cd zeek-testing-private
+	if [ "${BUILD_DISTRO}" != "${LEAK_TEST_DISTRO}" ]; then
+	    make
+	else
+	    make leaks
+	fi
 
-      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-          showdiag
-          ret=1
-      fi
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            showdiag
+            ret=1
+	fi
 
-      cd ..
+	cd ..
     fi
 
     cd ../..
@@ -359,8 +366,6 @@ elif [ "$distro" = "travis" ]; then
     # a single line when viewing the "Job log" on the Travis CI web site).
     if [ "$step" = "build" ]; then
         build
-    elif [ "$step" = "build_leaktests" ]; then
-        build_leaktests
     elif [ "$step" = "run" ]; then
         run
     elif [ "$step" = "all" ]; then