diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a5de0fa..d386102f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ matrix:
       sudo: true
 before_install:
   - export BOTO_CONFIG=/dev/null
-  - export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=foobar_secret
-  - export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=foobar_key
 install:
   # We build moto first so the docker container doesn't try to compile it as well, also note we don't use
   # -d for docker run so the logs show up in travis
diff --git a/moto/core/models.py b/moto/core/models.py
index 19267ca0..9fe1e96b 100644
--- a/moto/core/models.py
+++ b/moto/core/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import functools
 import inspect
+import os
 import re
 import six
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ from .utils import (
 )
 
 
+# "Mock" the AWS credentials as they can't be mocked in Botocore currently
+os.environ.setdefault("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "foobar_key")
+os.environ.setdefault("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "foobar_secret")
+
+
 class BaseMockAWS(object):
     nested_count = 0