diff --git a/helpers/xfce-do-release b/helpers/xfce-do-release
index c1f6794e5980ba7f76ca70b83fc7d779b5d663bf..0e32d5c278cf3072b99f2ebf2cdcc3138c76c19e 100755
--- a/helpers/xfce-do-release
+++ b/helpers/xfce-do-release
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 component=$1
 version=$2
diff --git a/helpers/xfce-get-release-notes b/helpers/xfce-get-release-notes
index d37f65f03a9bdc2a6f63b2fce0081093e1d0a3f9..7cc0c8f135f9538c25a0108b1623db82fb692ecb 100755
--- a/helpers/xfce-get-release-notes
+++ b/helpers/xfce-get-release-notes
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ git log --format=%s ${LAST_TAG}..HEAD | \
   grep -v "Back to development" | \
   while read line; do \
     echo "- $line" | \
-    fold -s -w $LINE_LENGTH - | \
+    fold -s -w $LINE_LENGTH | \
     sed -e "s/^[^ ]/&/g"
   done
diff --git a/helpers/xfce-get-translations b/helpers/xfce-get-translations
index 4891b099ed0870856c1cfa7cc73d6fbe5a739452..9bec2c3e2ae2c3816cbd012961ba352410474582 100755
--- a/helpers/xfce-get-translations
+++ b/helpers/xfce-get-translations
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Just a small script to get all language updates to a repository since a
 # commit or tag.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ printf '%s\n' '- Translation Updates:'
 
 LANGUAGES=$(
 for l in $UPDATES; do
-	echo -n "$(grep '^"Language-Team:' po/$l.po | grep -Po '(?<=: ).*' | grep -Po '^(.*)(?= \(http)')"
+	echo -n "$(grep '^"Language-Team:' po/$l.po | sed -e 's/.*: //; s/ (http.*//;')"
 	echo ","
 done
 )
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SORTED=$(echo "$LANGUAGES" | sort)
 SORTED=${SORTED::-1} # remove last comma
 while read line; do
 	echo -n "$line "
-done <<< "$SORTED" | fold -s -w $LINE_LENGTH - | sed -e "s/^[^ ]/${INDENT}&/g" | sed -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//'
+done <<< "$SORTED" | fold -s -w $LINE_LENGTH | sed -e "s/^[^ ]/${INDENT}&/g" | sed -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//'
 echo ""
 
 if [ "$SILENT" != "silent" ]; then