diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 529f1221899dc..022e11b7db950 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -82,15 +82,10 @@ before_install:
 install:
   - echo "install start"
   - ci/prep_cython_cache.sh
-  - ci/install_travis.sh
+  - ci/setup_env.sh
   - ci/submit_cython_cache.sh
   - echo "install done"
 
-before_script:
-  - ci/install_db_travis.sh
-  - export DISPLAY=":99.0"
-  - ci/before_script_travis.sh
-
 script:
   - echo "script start"
   - source activate pandas-dev
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 9b1b17b453af3..eee38dadfab90 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ jobs:
   - script: |
       export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
       sudo apt-get install -y libc6-dev-i386
-      ci/incremental/install_miniconda.sh
-      ci/incremental/setup_conda_environment.sh
-    displayName: 'Set up environment'
+      ci/setup_env.sh
+    displayName: 'Setup environment and build pandas'
     condition: true
 
   # Do not require pandas
@@ -59,13 +58,6 @@ jobs:
     displayName: 'Dependencies consistency'
     condition: true
 
-  - script: |
-      export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
-      source activate pandas-dev
-      ci/incremental/build.sh
-    displayName: 'Build'
-    condition: true
-
   # Require pandas
   - script: |
       export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/ci/azure/posix.yml b/ci/azure/posix.yml
index 7119054cf2f53..f53e284c221c6 100644
--- a/ci/azure/posix.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/posix.yml
@@ -50,17 +50,9 @@ jobs:
   steps:
     - script: |
         if [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]; then sudo apt-get install -y libc6-dev-i386 $EXTRA_APT; fi
-        echo "Installing Miniconda"
-        ci/incremental/install_miniconda.sh
-        export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
-        echo "Setting up Conda environment"
-        ci/incremental/setup_conda_environment.sh
-      displayName: 'Before Install'
-    - script: |
-        export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
-        source activate pandas-dev
-        ci/incremental/build.sh
-      displayName: 'Build'
+        echo "Creating Environment"
+        ci/setup_env.sh
+      displayName: 'Setup environment and build pandas'
     - script: |
         export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
         source activate pandas-dev
diff --git a/ci/before_script_travis.sh b/ci/before_script_travis.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0b3939b1906a2..0000000000000
--- a/ci/before_script_travis.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo "inside $0"
-
-if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then
-   sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
-   sleep 3
-fi
-
-# Never fail because bad things happened here.
-true
diff --git a/ci/incremental/build.sh b/ci/incremental/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 05648037935a3..0000000000000
--- a/ci/incremental/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Make sure any error below is reported as such
-set -v -e
-
-echo "[building extensions]"
-python setup.py build_ext -q --inplace
-python -m pip install -e .
-
-echo
-echo "[show environment]"
-conda list
-
-echo
-echo "[done]"
-exit 0
diff --git a/ci/incremental/install_miniconda.sh b/ci/incremental/install_miniconda.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a47dfdb324b34..0000000000000
--- a/ci/incremental/install_miniconda.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -v -e
-
-# Install Miniconda
-unamestr=`uname`
-if [[ "$unamestr" == 'Linux' ]]; then
-    if [[ "$BITS32" == "yes" ]]; then
-        wget -q https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86.sh -O miniconda.sh
-    else
-        wget -q https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
-    fi
-elif [[ "$unamestr" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
-    wget -q https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
-else
-  echo Error
-fi
-chmod +x miniconda.sh
-./miniconda.sh -b
diff --git a/ci/incremental/setup_conda_environment.sh b/ci/incremental/setup_conda_environment.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f174c17a614d8..0000000000000
--- a/ci/incremental/setup_conda_environment.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -v -e
-
-CONDA_INSTALL="conda install -q -y"
-PIP_INSTALL="pip install -q"
-
-
-# Deactivate any environment
-source deactivate
-# Display root environment (for debugging)
-conda list
-# Clean up any left-over from a previous build
-# (note workaround for https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/2679:
-#  `conda env remove` issue)
-conda remove --all -q -y -n pandas-dev
-
-echo
-echo "[create env]"
-time conda env create -q --file="${ENV_FILE}" || exit 1
-
-set +v
-source activate pandas-dev
-set -v
-
-# remove any installed pandas package
-# w/o removing anything else
-echo
-echo "[removing installed pandas]"
-conda remove pandas -y --force || true
-pip uninstall -y pandas || true
-
-echo
-echo "[no installed pandas]"
-conda list pandas
-
-if [ -n "$LOCALE_OVERRIDE" ]; then
-    sudo locale-gen "$LOCALE_OVERRIDE"
-fi
-
-# # Install the compiler toolchain
-# if [[ $(uname) == Linux ]]; then
-#     if [[ "$CONDA_SUBDIR" == "linux-32" || "$BITS32" == "yes" ]] ; then
-#         $CONDA_INSTALL gcc_linux-32 gxx_linux-32
-#     else
-#         $CONDA_INSTALL gcc_linux-64 gxx_linux-64
-#     fi
-# elif  [[ $(uname) == Darwin ]]; then
-#     $CONDA_INSTALL clang_osx-64 clangxx_osx-64
-#     # Install llvm-openmp and intel-openmp on OSX too
-#     $CONDA_INSTALL llvm-openmp intel-openmp
-# fi
diff --git a/ci/install_db_travis.sh b/ci/install_db_travis.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e4e6d7a5a9b85..0000000000000
--- a/ci/install_db_travis.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" != "linux" ]; then
-   echo "not using dbs on non-linux"
-   exit 0
-fi
-
-echo "installing dbs"
-mysql -e 'create database pandas_nosetest;'
-psql -c 'create database pandas_nosetest;' -U postgres
-
-echo "done"
-exit 0
diff --git a/ci/install_travis.sh b/ci/install_travis.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d1a940f119228..0000000000000
--- a/ci/install_travis.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# edit the locale file if needed
-function edit_init()
-{
-    if [ -n "$LOCALE_OVERRIDE" ]; then
-        echo "[Adding locale to the first line of pandas/__init__.py]"
-        rm -f pandas/__init__.pyc
-        sedc="3iimport locale\nlocale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '$LOCALE_OVERRIDE')\n"
-        sed -i "$sedc" pandas/__init__.py
-        echo "[head -4 pandas/__init__.py]"
-        head -4 pandas/__init__.py
-        echo
-    fi
-}
-
-echo
-echo "[install_travis]"
-edit_init
-
-home_dir=$(pwd)
-echo
-echo "[home_dir]: $home_dir"
-
-# install miniconda
-MINICONDA_DIR="$HOME/miniconda3"
-
-echo
-echo "[Using clean Miniconda install]"
-
-if [ -d "$MINICONDA_DIR" ]; then
-    rm -rf "$MINICONDA_DIR"
-fi
-
-# install miniconda
-if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
-    time wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -q -O miniconda.sh || exit 1
-else
-    time wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -q -O miniconda.sh || exit 1
-fi
-time bash miniconda.sh -b -p "$MINICONDA_DIR" || exit 1
-
-echo
-echo "[show conda]"
-which conda
-
-echo
-echo "[update conda]"
-conda config --set ssl_verify false || exit 1
-conda config --set quiet true --set always_yes true --set changeps1 false || exit 1
-conda update -q conda
-
-# Useful for debugging any issues with conda
-conda info -a || exit 1
-
-# set the compiler cache to work
-echo
-if [ -z "$NOCACHE" ] && [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then
-    echo "[Using ccache]"
-    export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/lib64/ccache:$PATH
-    gcc=$(which gcc)
-    echo "[gcc]: $gcc"
-    ccache=$(which ccache)
-    echo "[ccache]: $ccache"
-    export CC='ccache gcc'
-elif [ -z "$NOCACHE" ] && [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
-    echo "[Install ccache]"
-    brew install ccache > /dev/null 2>&1
-    echo "[Using ccache]"
-    export PATH=/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH
-    gcc=$(which gcc)
-    echo "[gcc]: $gcc"
-    ccache=$(which ccache)
-    echo "[ccache]: $ccache"
-else
-    echo "[Not using ccache]"
-fi
-
-echo
-echo "[create env]"
-
-# create our environment
-time conda env create -q --file="${ENV_FILE}" || exit 1
-
-source activate pandas-dev
-
-# remove any installed pandas package
-# w/o removing anything else
-echo
-echo "[removing installed pandas]"
-conda remove pandas -y --force
-pip uninstall -y pandas
-
-echo
-echo "[no installed pandas]"
-conda list pandas
-pip list --format columns |grep pandas
-
-# build and install
-echo "[running setup.py develop]"
-python setup.py develop  || exit 1
-
-echo
-echo "[show environment]"
-conda list
-
-echo
-echo "[done]"
-exit 0
diff --git a/ci/setup_env.sh b/ci/setup_env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..414a5c8705ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/setup_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+
+# edit the locale file if needed
+if [ -n "$LOCALE_OVERRIDE" ]; then
+    echo "Adding locale to the first line of pandas/__init__.py"
+    rm -f pandas/__init__.pyc
+    SEDC="3iimport locale\nlocale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '$LOCALE_OVERRIDE')\n"
+    sed -i "$SEDC" pandas/__init__.py
+    echo "[head -4 pandas/__init__.py]"
+    head -4 pandas/__init__.py
+    echo
+    sudo locale-gen "$LOCALE_OVERRIDE"
+fi
+
+MINICONDA_DIR="$HOME/miniconda3"
+
+
+if [ -d "$MINICONDA_DIR" ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "rm -rf "$MINICONDA_DIR""
+    rm -rf "$MINICONDA_DIR"
+fi
+
+echo "Install Miniconda"
+UNAME_OS=$(uname)
+if [[ "$UNAME_OS" == 'Linux' ]]; then
+    if [[ "$BITS32" == "yes" ]]; then
+        CONDA_OS="Linux-x86"
+    else
+        CONDA_OS="Linux-x86_64"
+    fi
+elif [[ "$UNAME_OS" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+    CONDA_OS="MacOSX-x86_64"
+else
+  echo "OS $UNAME_OS not supported"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+wget -q "https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-$CONDA_OS.sh" -O miniconda.sh
+chmod +x miniconda.sh
+./miniconda.sh -b
+
+export PATH=$MINICONDA_DIR/bin:$PATH
+
+echo
+echo "which conda"
+which conda
+
+echo
+echo "update conda"
+conda config --set ssl_verify false
+conda config --set quiet true --set always_yes true --set changeps1 false
+conda update -n base conda
+
+echo "conda info -a"
+conda info -a
+
+echo
+echo "set the compiler cache to work"
+if [ -z "$NOCACHE" ] && [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then
+    echo "Using ccache"
+    export PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/lib64/ccache:$PATH
+    GCC=$(which gcc)
+    echo "gcc: $GCC"
+    CCACHE=$(which ccache)
+    echo "ccache: $CCACHE"
+    export CC='ccache gcc'
+elif [ -z "$NOCACHE" ] && [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "osx" ]; then
+    echo "Install ccache"
+    brew install ccache > /dev/null 2>&1
+    echo "Using ccache"
+    export PATH=/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH
+    gcc=$(which gcc)
+    echo "gcc: $gcc"
+    CCACHE=$(which ccache)
+    echo "ccache: $CCACHE"
+else
+    echo "Not using ccache"
+fi
+
+echo "source deactivate"
+source deactivate
+
+echo "conda list (root environment)"
+conda list
+
+# Clean up any left-over from a previous build
+# (note workaround for https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/2679:
+#  `conda env remove` issue)
+conda remove --all -q -y -n pandas-dev
+
+echo
+echo "conda env create -q --file=${ENV_FILE}"
+time conda env create -q --file="${ENV_FILE}"
+
+echo "activate pandas-dev"
+source activate pandas-dev
+
+echo
+echo "remove any installed pandas package"
+echo "w/o removing anything else"
+conda remove pandas -y --force || true
+pip uninstall -y pandas || true
+
+echo
+echo "conda list pandas"
+conda list pandas
+
+# Make sure any error below is reported as such
+
+echo "Build extensions and install pandas"
+python setup.py build_ext -q --inplace
+python -m pip install -e .
+
+echo
+echo "conda list"
+conda list
+
+# Install DB for Linux
+export DISPLAY=":99."
+if [ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]; then
+  echo "installing dbs"
+  mysql -e 'create database pandas_nosetest;'
+  psql -c 'create database pandas_nosetest;' -U postgres
+
+  echo
+  echo "sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start"
+  sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
+  sleep 3
+else
+   echo "not using dbs on non-linux"
+fi
+
+echo "done"