diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 75da4d033..6cbee27e1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ branches:
   - /^(?i:topic)-.*$/
 
 # install terraform
-before_deploy: cd $TEST_DIR && ./before_deploy.sh
+before_deploy:
+  - export KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'a-z' | head -c 12)
+  - export PASSWORD=$KEY$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'A-Z' | head -c 2)$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd '0-9' | head -c 2)
 
 # terraform deploy script
 deploy:
diff --git a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/before_deploy.sh b/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/before_deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d20bda914..000000000
--- a/examples/azure-vm-simple-linux/before_deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o errexit -o nounset
-
-export KEY=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'a-z' | head -c 12)
-export PASSWORD=$KEY$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'A-Z' | head -c 2)$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd '0-9' | head -c 2)