diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e368bbd90a..7789a1ef36 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: java
 before_install:
-  - MAVEN_OPTS="-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
-  - export MAVEN_OPTS
+  - echo "MAVEN_OPTS='-Xms1g -Xmx1g'" > ~/.mavenrc
 before_script:
   - SHOULD_DEPLOY=no
   - '[ "${TRAVIS_SECURE_ENV_VARS}" = "true" ] && [ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" = "false" ] && SHOULD_DEPLOY=yes || ( [ "${SHOULD_DEPLOY}" != "yes" ] && echo "Skipping Deploy" )'