diff --git a/travis/check-spelling.pl b/travis/check-spelling.pl
index 2a112c50..45770c5e 100755
--- a/travis/check-spelling.pl
+++ b/travis/check-spelling.pl
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ use Lintian::Spelling qw(check_spelling);
 # Lintian complains if we don’t set a vendor.
 use Lintian::Data;
 use Lintian::Profile;
-Lintian::Data->set_vendor(
-    Lintian::Profile->new('debian', ['/usr/share/lintian'], {}));
+
+my $profile = Lintian::Profile->new;
+$profile->load('debian', ['/usr/share/lintian']);
+
+Lintian::Data->set_vendor($profile);
 
 my $exitcode = 0;