diff --git a/.travis.sh b/.travis.sh
index 2bf4f038c..10d5fd545 100755
--- a/.travis.sh
+++ b/.travis.sh
@@ -3,31 +3,33 @@
 # install TBB with _debug.so files
 function install_tbb()
 {
-  TBBROOT=/tmp/tbb44_20151115oss
+  TBB_BASEURL=https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB/releases/download
+  TBB_VERSION=4.4.2
+  TBB_DIR=tbb44_20151115oss
+  TBB_SAVEPATH="/tmp/tbb.tgz"
 
-  if [ "$(uname -s)" == "Linux" ]; then
-    wget https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB/releases/download/4.4.2/tbb44_20151115oss_lin.tgz -O /tmp/tbb442.tgz
-    tar -C /tmp -xf /tmp/tbb442.tgz
+  if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then
+    OS_SHORT="lin"
+    TBB_LIB_DIR="intel64/gcc4.4"
+    SUDO="sudo"
 
-    TBB_TARGET_ARCH="intel64"
-    library_directory="${TBB_TARGET_ARCH}/gcc4.1"
+  elif [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]; then
+    OS_SHORT="lin"
+    TBB_LIB_DIR=""
+    SUDO=""
 
-    # Set library paths
-    export MIC_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$TBBROOT/lib/mic:${MIC_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-    export MIC_LIBRARY_PATH="$TBBROOT/lib/mic:${MIC_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$TBBROOT/lib/$library_directory:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-    export LIBRARY_PATH="$TBBROOT/lib/$library_directory:${LIBRARY_PATH}"
-
-  elif [ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]; then
-    wget https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneTBB/releases/download/4.4.2/tbb44_20151115oss_osx.tgz -O /tmp/tbb442.tgz
-    tar -C /tmp -xf /tmp/tbb442.tgz
-
-    # Set library paths
-    export LIBRARY_PATH="${TBBROOT}/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH"
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${TBBROOT}/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
   fi
 
-  CPATH="${TBBROOT}/include:$CPATH"; export CPATH
+  wget "${TBB_BASEURL}/${TBB_VERSION}/${TBB_DIR}_${OS_SHORT}.tgz" -O $TBB_SAVEPATH
+  tar -C /tmp -xf $TBB_SAVEPATH
+
+  TBBROOT=/tmp/$TBB_DIR
+  # Copy the needed files to the correct places.
+  # This works correctly for travis builds, instead of setting path variables.
+  # This is what Homebrew does to install TBB on Macs
+  $SUDO cp -R $TBBROOT/lib/$TBB_LIB_DIR/* /usr/local/lib/
+  $SUDO cp -R $TBBROOT/include/ /usr/local/include/
+
 }
 
 # common tasks before either build or test