diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d94a3f4f8..34cd6d44c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ before_install:
 - gem --version
 - bundle --version
 env:
-  - SLOW=1
+  - SLOW=1 NO_AWS=1
   - CI_ENABLE_COVERAGE=true SLOW=1
 script: bundle exec rake $SUITE
 matrix:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ matrix:
   - os: osx
     env: CI_ENABLE_COVERAGE=true SLOW=1
   - os: linux
-    env: SLOW=1
+    env: SLOW=1 NO_AWS=1
   include:
   - rvm: 2.6.3
   - rvm: 2.5.5
diff --git a/lib/inspec/input_registry.rb b/lib/inspec/input_registry.rb
index 5cf035956..96f39b188 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/input_registry.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/input_registry.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require "singleton"
 require "inspec/objects/input"
 require "inspec/secrets"
 require "inspec/exceptions"
+require "inspec/plugin/v2"
 
 module Inspec
   # The InputRegistry's responsibilities include:
diff --git a/lib/inspec/resources.rb b/lib/inspec/resources.rb
index 3cefacfc4..4f453f0d1 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/resources.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/resources.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "inspec/resource"
 
 # Detect if we are running the stripped-down inspec-core
 # This relies on AWS being stripped from the inspec-core gem
-inspec_core_only = !File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "resource_support", "aws.rb"))
+inspec_core_only = ENV["NO_AWS"] || !File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "resource_support", "aws.rb"))
 
 require "rspec/matchers"