diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4d4f838a380902..ef98e55b811c16 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ install:
   - rm -Rf `node -p "require('os').tmpDir()"`/jest_preprocess_cache
   - npm install -g flow-bin@`node -p "require('fs').readFileSync('.flowconfig', 'utf8').split('[version]')[1].trim()"`
   - mkdir -p .nvm
-  - cp $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm-exec .nvm/
-  - export NVM_DIR=.nvm
+  - export NVM_DIR="$PWD/.nvm"
   - source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh
   - nvm install iojs-v2
   - nvm use iojs-v2