diff --git a/hack/.shellcheck_failures b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
index bea344f1b5..64f30d4bc1 100644
--- a/hack/.shellcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@
 ./hack/verify-staging-meta-files.sh
 ./hack/verify-symbols.sh
 ./hack/verify-test-featuregates.sh
-./hack/verify-test-images.sh
-./hack/verify-test-owners.sh
-./hack/verify-typecheck.sh
 ./test/cmd/apply.sh
 ./test/cmd/apps.sh
 ./test/cmd/authorization.sh
diff --git a/hack/verify-test-images.sh b/hack/verify-test-images.sh
index 1a4b743536..d58e8bb01a 100755
--- a/hack/verify-test-images.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-test-images.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 result=0
diff --git a/hack/verify-test-owners.sh b/hack/verify-test-owners.sh
index 531e112d52..61f6ee3755 100755
--- a/hack/verify-test-owners.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-test-owners.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-export KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+export KUBE_ROOT
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 
diff --git a/hack/verify-typecheck.sh b/hack/verify-typecheck.sh
index b31ae3aea9..a1b68a3f57 100755
--- a/hack/verify-typecheck.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-typecheck.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
 kube::golang::verify_go_version