diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5116918226..18279e3f38 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ script:
 
         GH_PAGES_DIR="$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR"/../react-gh-pages
         echo "machine github.com login reactjs-bot password $GITHUB_TOKEN" >~/.netrc
-        export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Travis CI"
-        export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="travis@reactjs.org"
+        git config --global user.name "Travis CI"
+        git config --global user.email "travis@reactjs.org"
 
         git clone --branch gh-pages --depth=50 \
           https://reactjs-bot@github.com/facebook/react.git \