diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index eec76c25e..f7d6999f4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ env:
     - TEST_COVERAGE=stdout
     - GO_METALINTER_THREADS=1
     - GO_COVER_DIR=_output
-    - VM_DRIVER=none
-    - MINIKUBE_VERSION=v1.6.0
-    - CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=true
     - KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config
     # set CEPH_CSI_RUN_ALL_TESTS to non-empty to run all tests
     - CEPH_CSI_RUN_ALL_TESTS=true
diff --git a/build.env b/build.env
index 0d1915c67..6156754bb 100644
--- a/build.env
+++ b/build.env
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ GOSEC_VERSION=2.0.0
 
 # helm chart generation, testing and publishing
 HELM_VERSION=v3.1.2
+
+# minikube settings
+MINIKUBE_VERSION=v1.6.0
+VM_DRIVER=none
+CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=true
diff --git a/scripts/travis-functest.sh b/scripts/travis-functest.sh
index 569dcdaf1..c189d22e4 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-functest.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-functest.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ export KUBE_VERSION=$1
 kube_version() {
     echo "${KUBE_VERSION}" | sed 's/^v//' | cut -d'.' -f"${1}"
 }
+
+# configure global environment variables
+# shellcheck source=build.env
+source "$(dirname "${0}")/../build.env"
+cat << EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
+MINIKUBE_VERSION=${MINIKUBE_VERSION}
+VM_DRIVER=${VM_DRIVER}
+CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=${CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER}
+EOF
+
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh up
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh deploy-rook
 sudo scripts/minikube.sh create-block-pool
diff --git a/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
index d8d96dac0..d10b29e0c 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-helmtest.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ kube_version() {
 source "$(dirname "${0}")/../build.env"
 cat << EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
 HELM_VERSION=${HELM_VERSION}
+MINIKUBE_VERSION=${MINIKUBE_VERSION}
+VM_DRIVER=${VM_DRIVER}
+CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=${CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER}
 EOF
 
 # helm is installed from this shell, not a new one that reads /etc/environment