diff --git a/cluster/gce/delete-stranded-load-balancers.sh b/cluster/gce/delete-stranded-load-balancers.sh
index b03a7bba0b..9c978f4825 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/delete-stranded-load-balancers.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/delete-stranded-load-balancers.sh
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@
 PROJECT=${PROJECT:-kubernetes-jenkins}
 REGION=${REGION:-us-central1}
 
-LIST=$(gcloud --project=${PROJECT} compute target-pools list --format='value(name)')
+LIST=$(gcloud --project="${PROJECT}" compute target-pools list --format='value(name)')
 
 result=0
 for x in ${LIST}; do
-    if ! gcloud compute --project=${PROJECT} target-pools get-health "${x}" --region=${REGION} 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
+    if ! gcloud compute --project="${PROJECT}" target-pools get-health "${x}" --region="${REGION}" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
 	echo DELETING "${x}"
-	gcloud compute --project=${PROJECT} firewall-rules delete "k8s-fw-${x}" -q
-	gcloud compute --project=${PROJECT} forwarding-rules delete "${x}" --region=${REGION} -q
-	gcloud compute --project=${PROJECT} addresses delete "${x}" --region=${REGION} -q
-	gcloud compute --project=${PROJECT} target-pools delete "${x}" --region=${REGION} -q
+	gcloud compute --project="${PROJECT}" firewall-rules delete "k8s-fw-${x}" -q
+	gcloud compute --project="${PROJECT}" forwarding-rules delete "${x}" --region="${REGION}" -q
+	gcloud compute --project="${PROJECT}" addresses delete "${x}" --region="${REGION}" -q
+	gcloud compute --project="${PROJECT}" target-pools delete "${x}" --region="${REGION}" -q
         result=1
     fi
 done
diff --git a/cluster/images/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup.sh b/cluster/images/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup.sh
index e714cabf4c..37da93f7e0 100644
--- a/cluster/images/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup.sh
+++ b/cluster/images/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 echo "Removing empty directories from etcd..."
 
 cleanup_empty_dirs () {
-  if [ "$(${ETCDCTL} ls $1)" ]; then
-    for SUBDIR in $(${ETCDCTL} ls -p $1 | grep "/$")
+  if [ "$("${ETCDCTL}" ls "${1}")" ]; then
+    for SUBDIR in $("${ETCDCTL}" ls -p "${1}" | grep "/$")
     do
-      cleanup_empty_dirs ${SUBDIR}
+      cleanup_empty_dirs "${SUBDIR}"
     done
   else
     echo "Removing empty key $1 ..."
-    ${ETCDCTL} rmdir $1
+    "${ETCDCTL}" rmdir "${1}"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ do
   echo "Starting cleanup..."
   cleanup_empty_dirs "/registry"
   echo "Done with cleanup."
-  sleep ${SLEEP_SECOND}
+  sleep "${SLEEP_SECOND}"
 done
diff --git a/hack/.shellcheck_failures b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
index aff0e6024e..18ac73a5e1 100644
--- a/hack/.shellcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 ./cluster/gce/config-common.sh
 ./cluster/gce/config-default.sh
 ./cluster/gce/config-test.sh
-./cluster/gce/delete-stranded-load-balancers.sh
 ./cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
 ./cluster/gce/gci/configure.sh
 ./cluster/gce/gci/flexvolume_node_setup.sh
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
 ./cluster/gce/upgrade.sh
 ./cluster/gce/util.sh
 ./cluster/images/conformance/run_e2e.sh
-./cluster/images/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup/etcd-empty-dir-cleanup.sh
 ./cluster/juju/prereqs/ubuntu-juju.sh
 ./cluster/juju/util.sh
 ./cluster/kube-up.sh