diff --git a/ci/travis_script_integration.sh b/ci/travis_script_integration.sh
index c019a4b7ab7..7bb1dc0a601 100755
--- a/ci/travis_script_integration.sh
+++ b/ci/travis_script_integration.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ pushd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/integration
 VERSION=0.1.1-SNAPSHOT
 export ARROW_JAVA_INTEGRATION_JAR=$JAVA_DIR/tools/target/arrow-tools-$VERSION-jar-with-dependencies.jar
 
-export ARROW_CPP_TESTER=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/debug/json-integration-test
-export ARROW_CPP_STREAM_TO_FILE=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/debug/stream-to-file
-export ARROW_CPP_FILE_TO_STREAM=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/debug/file-to-stream
+export ARROW_CPP_EXE_PATH=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/debug
 
 source $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/ci/travis_install_conda.sh
 export MINICONDA=$HOME/miniconda
diff --git a/integration/README.md b/integration/README.md
index b1e4e3a82a7..6005b62c41c 100644
--- a/integration/README.md
+++ b/integration/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ mvn package
 ```
 
 Now, the integration tests rely on two environment variables which point to the
-Java `arrow-tool` JAR and the C++ `json-integration-test` executable:
+Java `arrow-tool` JAR and the build path for the C++ executables:
 
 ```bash
 JAVA_DIR=$ARROW_HOME/java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CPP_BUILD_DIR=$ARROW_HOME/cpp/test-build
 
 VERSION=0.1.1-SNAPSHOT
 export ARROW_JAVA_INTEGRATION_JAR=$JAVA_DIR/tools/target/arrow-tools-$VERSION-jar-with-dependencies.jar
-export ARROW_CPP_TESTER=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/debug/json-integration-test
+export ARROW_CPP_EXE_PATH=$CPP_BUILD_DIR/debug
 ```
 
 Here `$ARROW_HOME` is the location of your Arrow git clone. The
diff --git a/integration/integration_test.py b/integration/integration_test.py
index 1d8dc29a9f5..d5a066be5f2 100644
--- a/integration/integration_test.py
+++ b/integration/integration_test.py
@@ -684,17 +684,13 @@ def file_to_stream(self, file_path, stream_path):
 
 class CPPTester(Tester):
 
-    BUILD_PATH = os.path.join(ARROW_HOME, 'cpp/test-build/debug')
-    CPP_INTEGRATION_EXE = os.environ.get(
-        'ARROW_CPP_TESTER', os.path.join(BUILD_PATH, 'json-integration-test'))
+    EXE_PATH = os.environ.get(
+        'ARROW_CPP_EXE_PATH',
+        os.path.join(ARROW_HOME, 'cpp/test-build/debug'))
 
-    STREAM_TO_FILE = os.environ.get(
-        'ARROW_CPP_STREAM_TO_FILE',
-        os.path.join(BUILD_PATH, 'stream-to-file'))
-
-    FILE_TO_STREAM = os.environ.get(
-        'ARROW_CPP_FILE_TO_STREAM',
-        os.path.join(BUILD_PATH, 'file-to-stream'))
+    CPP_INTEGRATION_EXE = os.path.join(EXE_PATH, 'json-integration-test')
+    STREAM_TO_FILE = os.path.join(EXE_PATH, 'stream-to-file')
+    FILE_TO_STREAM = os.path.join(EXE_PATH, 'file-to-stream')
 
     name = 'C++'