diff --git a/google/import_spanner_database_test.go b/google/import_spanner_database_test.go
index e4abd9a1..0ca07edc 100644
--- a/google/import_spanner_database_test.go
+++ b/google/import_spanner_database_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestAccSpannerDatabase_importProjectInstanceDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 	resourceName := "google_spanner_database.basic"
 	instanceName := fmt.Sprintf("span-iname-%s", acctest.RandString(10))
 	dbName := fmt.Sprintf("span-dbname-%s", acctest.RandString(10))
-	var projectId = multiEnvSearch([]string{"GOOGLE_PROJECT", "GCLOUD_PROJECT", "CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT"})
+	projectId := getTestProjectFromEnv()
 
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck:     func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
diff --git a/google/import_spanner_instance_test.go b/google/import_spanner_instance_test.go
index cecb2c03..9994bf18 100644
--- a/google/import_spanner_instance_test.go
+++ b/google/import_spanner_instance_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestAccSpannerInstance_importInstance(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAccSpannerInstance_importProjectInstance(t *testing.T) {
 	resourceName := "google_spanner_instance.basic"
 	instanceName := fmt.Sprintf("span-itest-%s", acctest.RandString(10))
-	var projectId = multiEnvSearch([]string{"GOOGLE_PROJECT", "GCLOUD_PROJECT", "CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT"})
+	projectId := getTestProjectFromEnv()
 	if projectId == "" {
 		t.Skip("Unable to locate projectId via environment variables ... skipping ")
 		return
diff --git a/google/provider_test.go b/google/provider_test.go
index e960d420..1a195ecb 100644
--- a/google/provider_test.go
+++ b/google/provider_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@ import (
 var testAccProviders map[string]terraform.ResourceProvider
 var testAccProvider *schema.Provider
 
+var credsEnvVars = []string{
+	"GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS",
+	"GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON",
+	"GCLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON",
+	"GOOGLE_USE_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS",
+}
+
+var projectEnvVars = []string{
+	"GOOGLE_PROJECT",
+	"GCLOUD_PROJECT",
+	"CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT",
+}
+
+var regionEnvVars = []string{
+	"GOOGLE_REGION",
+	"GCLOUD_REGION",
+	"CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION",
+}
+
 func init() {
 	testAccProvider = Provider().(*schema.Provider)
 	testAccProviders = map[string]terraform.ResourceProvider{
@@ -40,41 +59,16 @@ func testAccPreCheck(t *testing.T) {
 		os.Setenv("GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS", string(creds))
 	}
 
-	multiEnvSearch := func(ks []string) string {
-		for _, k := range ks {
-			if v := os.Getenv(k); v != "" {
-				return v
-			}
-		}
-		return ""
+	if v := multiEnvSearch(credsEnvVars); v == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("One of %s must be set for acceptance tests", strings.Join(credsEnvVars, ", "))
 	}
 
-	creds := []string{
-		"GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS",
-		"GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON",
-		"GCLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON",
-		"GOOGLE_USE_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS",
-	}
-	if v := multiEnvSearch(creds); v == "" {
-		t.Fatalf("One of %s must be set for acceptance tests", strings.Join(creds, ", "))
+	if v := multiEnvSearch(projectEnvVars); v == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("One of %s must be set for acceptance tests", strings.Join(projectEnvVars, ", "))
 	}
 
-	projs := []string{
-		"GOOGLE_PROJECT",
-		"GCLOUD_PROJECT",
-		"CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT",
-	}
-	if v := multiEnvSearch(projs); v == "" {
-		t.Fatalf("One of %s must be set for acceptance tests", strings.Join(projs, ", "))
-	}
-
-	regs := []string{
-		"GOOGLE_REGION",
-		"GCLOUD_REGION",
-		"CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION",
-	}
-	if v := multiEnvSearch(regs); v != "us-central1" {
-		t.Fatalf("One of %s must be set to us-central1 for acceptance tests", strings.Join(regs, ", "))
+	if v := multiEnvSearch(regionEnvVars); v != "us-central1" {
+		t.Fatalf("One of %s must be set to us-central1 for acceptance tests", strings.Join(regionEnvVars, ", "))
 	}
 
 	if v := os.Getenv("GOOGLE_XPN_HOST_PROJECT"); v == "" {
@@ -111,3 +105,17 @@ func getTestProject(is *terraform.InstanceState, config *Config) (string, error)
 	}
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("%q: required field is not set", "project")
 }
+
+// getTestProjectFromEnv returns the current configured project from environment variables.
+func getTestProjectFromEnv() string {
+	return multiEnvSearch(projectEnvVars)
+}
+
+func multiEnvSearch(ks []string) string {
+	for _, k := range ks {
+		if v := os.Getenv(k); v != "" {
+			return v
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/google/resource_google_project_test.go b/google/resource_google_project_test.go
index ccafbb8d..5582bbdf 100644
--- a/google/resource_google_project_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_google_project_test.go
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ var (
 	originalPolicy *cloudresourcemanager.Policy
 )
 
-func multiEnvSearch(ks []string) string {
-	for _, k := range ks {
-		if v := os.Getenv(k); v != "" {
-			return v
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // Test that a Project resource can be created and an IAM policy
 // associated
 func TestAccGoogleProject_create(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/google/resource_google_service_account_test.go b/google/resource_google_service_account_test.go
index 6377be39..8c95efb9 100644
--- a/google/resource_google_service_account_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_google_service_account_test.go
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
 )
 
-var (
-	projectId = multiEnvSearch([]string{
-		"GOOGLE_PROJECT",
-		"GCLOUD_PROJECT",
-		"CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT",
-	})
-)
-
 // Test that a service account resource can be created, updated, and destroyed
 func TestAccGoogleServiceAccount_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	accountId := "a" + acctest.RandString(10)
@@ -55,7 +47,7 @@ func TestAccGoogleServiceAccount_createPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			// The first step creates a basic service account with an IAM policy
 			resource.TestStep{
-				Config: testAccGoogleServiceAccountPolicy(accountId, projectId),
+				Config: testAccGoogleServiceAccountPolicy(accountId, getTestProjectFromEnv()),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckGoogleServiceAccountPolicyCount("google_service_account.acceptance", 1),
 				),
@@ -69,7 +61,7 @@ func TestAccGoogleServiceAccount_createPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			// The final step re-applies the IAM policy
 			resource.TestStep{
-				Config: testAccGoogleServiceAccountPolicy(accountId, projectId),
+				Config: testAccGoogleServiceAccountPolicy(accountId, getTestProjectFromEnv()),
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					testAccCheckGoogleServiceAccountPolicyCount("google_service_account.acceptance", 1),
 				),
@@ -147,5 +139,5 @@ data "google_iam_policy" "service_account" {
   }
 }`
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf(t, account, name, account, projectId)
+	return fmt.Sprintf(t, account, name, account, getTestProjectFromEnv())
 }