diff --git a/oe-init-build-env b/oe-init-build-env
index 8c1bd54e57..38333ab858 100755
--- a/oe-init-build-env
+++ b/oe-init-build-env
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ fi
 unset THIS_SCRIPT
 
 export OEROOT
-. $OEROOT/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal &&
-    TEMPLATECONF="$TEMPLATECONF" $OEROOT/scripts/oe-setup-builddir || {
+. "$OEROOT"/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal &&
+    TEMPLATECONF="$TEMPLATECONF" "$OEROOT"/scripts/oe-setup-builddir || {
     unset OEROOT
     return 1
 }
diff --git a/scripts/oe-setup-builddir b/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
index d4ac074ad9..54048e62ec 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
+++ b/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if [ -f "$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg" ]; then
     TEMPLATECONF=$(cat "$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg")
 fi
 
-. $OEROOT/.templateconf
+. "$OEROOT"/.templateconf
 
 if [ ! -f "$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg" ]; then
     echo "$TEMPLATECONF" >"$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ example, select a different MACHINE (target hardware). See conf/local.conf
 for more information as common configuration options are commented.
 
 EOM
-    cp -f $OECORELOCALCONF "$BUILDDIR/conf/local.conf"
+    cp -f "$OECORELOCALCONF" "$BUILDDIR/conf/local.conf"
     SHOWYPDOC=yes
 fi
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ EOM
     # to replace it for compatibility.
     sed -e "s|##OEROOT##|$OEROOT|g" \
         -e "s|##COREBASE##|$OEROOT|g" \
-        $OECORELAYERCONF > "$BUILDDIR/conf/bblayers.conf"
+        "$OECORELAYERCONF" > "$BUILDDIR/conf/bblayers.conf"
     SHOWYPDOC=yes
 fi
 
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ fi
 if [ -z "$OECORENOTESCONF" ]; then
     OECORENOTESCONF="$OEROOT/meta/conf/conf-notes.txt"
 fi
-[ ! -r "$OECORENOTESCONF" ] || cat $OECORENOTESCONF
+[ ! -r "$OECORENOTESCONF" ] || cat "$OECORENOTESCONF"
 unset OECORENOTESCONF