diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 46643ae1b3..971a2bb9e6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ jobs:
     python: 3.7
     script: ./scripts/build_package.sh
   - name: Snapcraft snap
+    language: python
+    python: 3.7
     addons:
      snaps:
      - name: snapcraft
@@ -83,11 +85,10 @@ jobs:
        channel: stable
     env:
     - SNAPCRAFT_IMAGE_INFO: '{"build_url": "$TRAVIS_BUILD_URL"}'
-    before_install:
+    install:
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd.migrate -yes
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd waitready
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd init --auto
-    install:
     script:
     - ./scripts/build_snap.sh
     after_failure:
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ deploy:
       stage: build
   - provider: snap
     snap: dvc_*.snap
-    channel: $RELEASE_SNAP_CHANNEL
+    channel: $SNAP_CHANNEL
     skip_cleanup: true
     on:
       all_branches: true
diff --git a/scripts/ci/before_install.sh b/scripts/ci/before_install.sh
index bf0f1b4c98..2e9461be41 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/before_install.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ elif [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "$TRAVIS_TAG" ]]; then
-    echo "export RELEASE_SNAP_CHANNEL=stable" >> env.sh
+    echo "export SNAP_CHANNEL=stable" >> env.sh
 else
-    echo "export RELEASE_SNAP_CHANNEL=edge" >> env.sh
+    echo "export SNAP_CHANNEL=edge" >> env.sh
 fi