diff --git a/util/analyze-gnu-results.sh b/util/analyze-gnu-results.sh
index 2bc08a9a4..045e3b93d 100644
--- a/util/analyze-gnu-results.sh
+++ b/util/analyze-gnu-results.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # spell-checker:ignore xpass XPASS testsuite
 set -e
 
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ function get_error {
     echo $((NON_ROOT + AS_ROOT))
 }
 
-export TOTAL=$(get_total)
-export PASS=$(get_pass)
-export SKIP=$(get_skip)
-export FAIL=$(get_fail)
-export XPASS=$(get_xpass)
-export ERROR=$(get_error)
+# we don't need the return codes indeed, ignore them
+# shellcheck disable=SC2155
+{
+    export TOTAL=$(get_total)
+    export PASS=$(get_pass)
+    export SKIP=$(get_skip)
+    export FAIL=$(get_fail)
+    export XPASS=$(get_xpass)
+    export ERROR=$(get_error)
+}
diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 88f4eda98..b75242047 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ sed -i -e "s/provoked error./provoked error\ncat pat |sort -u > pat/" tests/misc
 # Update the GNU error message to match ours
 sed -i -e "s/link-to-dir: hard link not allowed for directory/failed to create hard link 'link-to-dir' =>/" -e "s|link-to-dir/: hard link not allowed for directory|failed to create hard link 'link-to-dir/' =>|" tests/ln/hard-to-sym.sh
 
-
 # GNU sleep accepts some crazy string, not sure we should match this behavior
 sed -i -e "s/timeout 10 sleep 0x.002p1/#timeout 10 sleep 0x.002p1/" tests/misc/sleep.sh
 
diff --git a/util/run-gnu-test.sh b/util/run-gnu-test.sh
index ac736abe1..55ba8cefc 100755
--- a/util/run-gnu-test.sh
+++ b/util/run-gnu-test.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if test $# -ge 1; then
         SPECIFIC_TESTS="$SPECIFIC_TESTS $t"
     done
     # trim it
-    SPECIFIC_TESTS=$(echo $SPECIFIC_TESTS| xargs)
+    SPECIFIC_TESTS=$(echo $SPECIFIC_TESTS | xargs)
     echo "Running specific tests: $SPECIFIC_TESTS"
 fi
 
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ fi
 #shellcheck disable=SC2086
 
 if test "$1" != "run-root"; then
-# run the regular tests
+    # run the regular tests
     if test $# -ge 1; then
         timeout -sKILL 4h make -j "$(nproc)" check TESTS="$SPECIFIC_TESTS" SUBDIRS=. RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes VERBOSE=no gl_public_submodule_commit="" srcdir="${path_GNU}" || : # Kill after 4 hours in case something gets stuck in make
     else
         timeout -sKILL 4h make -j "$(nproc)" check SUBDIRS=. RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes VERBOSE=no gl_public_submodule_commit="" srcdir="${path_GNU}" || : # Kill after 4 hours in case something gets stuck in make
     fi
 else
-# in case we would like to run tests requiring root
+    # in case we would like to run tests requiring root
     if test -z "$1" -o "$1" == "run-root"; then
         if test -n "$CI"; then
             echo "Running check-root to run only root tests"
diff --git a/util/update-version.sh b/util/update-version.sh
index 3c68dfcf0..8b6168782 100755
--- a/util/update-version.sh
+++ b/util/update-version.sh
@@ -47,4 +47,3 @@ sed -i -e "s|uucore = { version=\">=$FROM\",|uucore = { version=\">=$TO\",|" $PR
 # Update crates using uucore_procs
 #shellcheck disable=SC2086
 sed -i -e "s|uucore_procs = { version=\">=$FROM\",|uucore_procs = { version=\">=$TO\",|" $PROGS
-