diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3c4d76652..952405ea0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ before_install:
 - source ./scripts/local_mason.sh
 - source ./scripts/travis_helper.sh
 - source ./scripts/flags.sh
-- source ./scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+- export ANDROID_NDK_PATH="$(pwd)/android-ndk-r10c"
+- ./scripts/travis_before_install.sh
 - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`mason prefix mesa 10.3.1`/lib; fi
 - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then glxinfo; fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
index 1e9d581ed..be8125221 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ if [[ "${MASON_PLATFORM}" == "android" ]]; then
     echo "debug: upacking NDK"
     #mapbox_time "unpacking NDK" \
     $SEVEN_ZIP_PATH x ./android-ndk-r10c-linux-x86_64.bin > /dev/null
-
-    echo "debug: setting ANDROID_NDK_PATH"
-    #export ANDROID_NDK_PATH=$(pwd)/android-ndk-r10c
-
-    echo "debug: $ANDROID_NDK_PATH"
 fi
 
 if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then