diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e819aad..3d4b29b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,3 @@ branches:
 notifications:
   email:
     - ci@sailsjs.com
-
-env:
-  - NODE_ENV=production
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index dd13d13..3fa2df5 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 # Test against these versions of Node.js.
 environment:
+  NODE_ENV: production
   matrix:
     - nodejs_version: "4"
     - nodejs_version: "6"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ test_script:
   - node --version
   - npm --version
   # Run the actual tests.
-  - SET NODE_ENV=production && npm run custom-tests && SET NODE_ENV=production && node ./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha test/*.benchmark.js
+  - npm run custom-tests && node ./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha test/*.benchmark.js
 
 
 # Don't actually build.