diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f9618a94..7ff7ea7d8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ matrix:
     - PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-framework"
 before_install:
   - bash ./scripts/ci/before_install.sh
-  - if [[ -n "$PYTHON_VER" ]]; then
-      eval "$(pyenv init -)";
-      pyenv install --skip-existing --keep --verbose "$PYTHON_VER";
-      pyenv shell "$PYTHON_VER";
-    fi
   - source env.sh
 install:
   - bash ./scripts/ci/install.sh
diff --git a/scripts/ci/before_install.sh b/scripts/ci/before_install.sh
index 9b223c1d8..3bb79e51b 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/before_install.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ if [ -n "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != "osx" ] \
   bash "$scriptdir/install_hadoop.sh"
 fi
 
-if  [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
+if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
     brew install openssl
     brew cask install google-cloud-sdk
 fi
+
+if [[ -n "$PYTHON_VER" ]]; then
+    eval "$(pyenv init -)"
+    pyenv install --skip-existing --keep --verbose "$PYTHON_VER"
+    echo "pyenv activate $PYTHON_VER" >> env.sh
+fi