diff --git a/devtools/travis-ci/before_install.sh b/devtools/travis-ci/before_install.sh
index 4e8d32a51..db6417309 100755
--- a/devtools/travis-ci/before_install.sh
+++ b/devtools/travis-ci/before_install.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]; then
     MINICONDA=Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
 else
     MINICONDA=Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
-    export PYTHON_VER=$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION
+    # This was messing with PYTHON_VER set in .travis.yml
+    # export PYTHON_VER=$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION
 fi
 MINICONDA_HOME=$HOME/miniconda
 MINICONDA_MD5=$(curl -s https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/ | grep -A3 $MINICONDA | sed -n '4p' | sed -n 's/ *<td>\(.*\)<\/td> */\1/p')