diff --git a/roles/copy-proposal-common-scripts/files/common.sh b/roles/copy-proposal-common-scripts/files/common.sh
index c61759bc04..176e66b607 100644
--- a/roles/copy-proposal-common-scripts/files/common.sh
+++ b/roles/copy-proposal-common-scripts/files/common.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ function setup_commit_message {
     CHANGE_NUM=""
     # See if there is an open change, if so, get the change id for the
     # existing change for use in the commit message.
-    local change_info=$(ssh -p 29418 $USERNAME@review.openstack.org \
+    local change_info
+
+    change_info=$(ssh -p 29418 $USERNAME@review.openstack.org \
         gerrit query --current-patch-set status:open project:$PROJECT \
         owner:$USERNAME branch:$BRANCH topic:$TOPIC)
     CHANGE_NUM=$(echo "$change_info" | grep "^  number:" | awk '{print $2}')
diff --git a/roles/prep-zanata/files/common_translation_update.sh b/roles/prep-zanata/files/common_translation_update.sh
index 2607b9309a..ec24c29c71 100644
--- a/roles/prep-zanata/files/common_translation_update.sh
+++ b/roles/prep-zanata/files/common_translation_update.sh
@@ -632,7 +632,8 @@ function cleanup_log_files {
     for i in $(find $modulename -name *.po) ; do
         # We do not store the log level files anymore, remove them
         # from git.
-        local bi=$(basename $i)
+        local bi
+        bi=$(basename $i)
 
         for level in $levels ; do
             if [[ "$bi" == "$modulename-log-$level.po" ]] ; then
@@ -724,7 +725,8 @@ function copy_pot {
 
     for m in $all_modules ; do
         for f in `find $m -name "*.pot" ` ; do
-            local fd=$(dirname $f)
+            local fd
+            fd=$(dirname $f)
             mkdir -p $target/$fd
             cp $f $target/$f
         done
diff --git a/roles/prep-zanata/files/propose_translation_update.sh b/roles/prep-zanata/files/propose_translation_update.sh
index 80b88e39d4..34cbadc45c 100755
--- a/roles/prep-zanata/files/propose_translation_update.sh
+++ b/roles/prep-zanata/files/propose_translation_update.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ function cleanup_module {
 function git_add_po_files {
     local target_dir=$1
 
-    local po_file_count=`find $1 -name *.po | wc -l`
+    local po_file_count
+
+    po_file_count=`find $1 -name *.po | wc -l`
 
     if [ $po_file_count -ne 0 ]; then
         git add $target_dir/*/*
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ function git_add_po_files {
 function git_add_json_files {
     local target_dir=$1
 
-    local json_file_count=`find $1 -name '*.json' | wc -l`
+    local json_file_count
+
+    json_file_count=`find $1 -name '*.json' | wc -l`
 
     if [ $json_file_count -ne 0 ]; then
         git add $target_dir/*
@@ -127,7 +131,9 @@ function propose_python_django {
     local version=$2
 
     # Check for empty directory and exit early
-    local content=$(ls -A $modulename/locale/)
+    local content
+
+    content=$(ls -A $modulename/locale/)
 
     if [[ "$content" == "" ]] ; then
         return
diff --git a/tools/check_valid_gerrit_config.sh b/tools/check_valid_gerrit_config.sh
index 3d7fdb6470..725481a90a 100755
--- a/tools/check_valid_gerrit_config.sh
+++ b/tools/check_valid_gerrit_config.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ CONFIGS_LIST_BASE=$OLDPWD/$1
 
 function check_team_acl {
     local configs_dir="$1"
-    local configs_list=$(find $configs_dir -name "*.config")
+    local configs_list
     local failure=0
 
+    configs_list=$(find $configs_dir -name "*.config")
     for config in $configs_list; do
 
         $OLDPWD/tools/normalize_acl.py $config all > $TMPDIR/normalized
diff --git a/tools/run-bashate.sh b/tools/run-bashate.sh
index 56b7e407af..88fc2fa34a 100755
--- a/tools/run-bashate.sh
+++ b/tools/run-bashate.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 ROOT=$(readlink -fn $(dirname $0)/.. )
 find $ROOT -not -path '*playbooks/legacy/*' -and -not -wholename \*.tox/\* \
     -and -not -wholename \*.test/\* \
-    -and -name \*.sh -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v --ignore E006,E011
+    -and -name \*.sh -print0 | xargs -0 bashate --ignore E006,E011