diff --git a/build-aux/check-tcc.sh b/build-aux/check-tcc.sh
index 8e9f2ae1..75ddaf5c 100755
--- a/build-aux/check-tcc.sh
+++ b/build-aux/check-tcc.sh
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ MES_LIBS="-l c+gnu"
 expect=$(echo $broken | wc -w)
 ARGS="arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 arg5"
 export ARGS
+pass=0
+fail=0
+total=0
 mkdir -p scaffold/tinycc
 for t in $tests; do
     if [ ! -f $TINYCC_PREFIX/"$t.c" ]; then
diff --git a/build-aux/check.sh.in b/build-aux/check.sh.in
index 0dac9f0c..aa877b3c 100755
--- a/build-aux/check.sh.in
+++ b/build-aux/check.sh.in
@@ -40,8 +40,14 @@ fi
 
 set -e
 
-[ "$GUILE" != true ] && MES=guile bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-mes.sh
-[ "$MES" != guile ] && bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-mes.sh
+if [ "$GUILE" != true ]; then
+    MES=guile bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-mes.sh
+fi
+if [ "$MES" != guile ]; then
+    bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-mes.sh
+fi
 bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-boot.sh
 bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-mescc.sh
-[ -d $TINYCC_PREFIX/tests/tests2 ] && bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-tcc.sh
+if [ -d $TINYCC_PREFIX/tests/tests2 ] ;then
+    bash ${srcdest}build-aux/check-tcc.sh
+fi