diff --git a/applysed b/applysed
index 7d83421..240d076 100755
--- a/applysed
+++ b/applysed
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 # ths-applysed.sh - apply a sed script to the whole project (the sed commands 
 # have to be supplied in an external file).
 
-source "`dirname $0`/ths-variables"
+source "$(dirname "$0")/ths-variables"
 
 function usage() {
-	echo "Usage: `basename $0` <file-with-replacement-list> <base-directory>"
+	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") <file-with-replacement-list> <base-directory>"
 	echo
 	echo "Example of the replacements file content:"
 	echo "s/bylai/failui/g"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
 	usage
 fi
 
-for po in `find -L $2 -name "*.po"`; do
-	echo -e $BLUE"$po"$ENDCOLOR
-	sed --file=$1 -i $po
+for po in $(find -L "$2" -name "*.po"); do
+	echo -e "$BLUE$po$ENDCOLOR"
+	sed --file="$1" -i "$po"
 done
diff --git a/checkout b/checkout
index f984df0..629f891 100755
--- a/checkout
+++ b/checkout
@@ -39,18 +39,14 @@ if [ ! -f ".ths" ]; then
 	if [ "$svnwrite" = "y" ]; then
 		cd trunk-kf5
 		svn co svn+ssh://svn@svn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/l10n-kf5/templates
-		svn co svn+ssh://svn@svn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/l10n-kf5/scripts
 		svn co svn+ssh://svn@svn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/l10n-kf5/$lcode
 		cd ../stable-kf5
 		svn co svn+ssh://svn@svn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/stable/l10n-kf5/templates
-		svn co svn+ssh://svn@svn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/stable/l10n-kf5/scripts
 		svn co svn+ssh://svn@svn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/stable/l10n-kf5/$lcode
 	else
 		svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/l10n-kf5/templates
-		svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/l10n-kf5/scripts
 		svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/l10n-kf5/$lcode
 		svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/stable/l10n-kf5/templates
-		svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/stable/l10n-kf5/scripts
 		svn co svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/stable/l10n-kf5/$lcode
 	fi
 else