diff --git a/playbooks/roles/repo_server/files/openstack-wheel-builder.sh b/playbooks/roles/repo_server/files/openstack-wheel-builder.sh
index 139db8483b..b4abf2a663 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/repo_server/files/openstack-wheel-builder.sh
+++ b/playbooks/roles/repo_server/files/openstack-wheel-builder.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function kill_job {
     set +e
     # If the job needs killing kill the pid and unlock the file.
     if [ -f "${LOCKFILE}" ]; then
-        PID="$(cat ${LOCKFILE})"
+        PID=$(cat ${LOCKFILE})
         lock_file_remove
         kill -9 "${PID}"
     fi
diff --git a/scripts/scripts-library.sh b/scripts/scripts-library.sh
index 4f116ea2ac..5bd169c66e 100755
--- a/scripts/scripts-library.sh
+++ b/scripts/scripts-library.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ FORKS=${FORKS:-$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)}
 function successerator {
   set +e
   # Get the time that the method was started.
-  OP_START_TIME="$(date +%s)"
+  OP_START_TIME=$(date +%s)
   RETRY=0
   # Set the initial return value to failure.
   false