diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 931040e4c..475db2df4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@ jdk: oraclejdk8
 
 before_script:
  - export JVM_OPTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1G -Xms1G -server -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128M"
+ - unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
 
 script: sbt scripted
 
-# Undo _JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable
-before_script:
-  - unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
-
 cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/.ivy2/cache