diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03ae710268b..3055e226a16 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -347,12 +347,12 @@ deb: dist config.sh
 	./mkdeb.sh
 
 .PHONY: test-compile
-test-compile: dist config.mk
-	cd test/compile; ./compile.sh $(TARNAME)-$(VERSION)
+test-compile: dist config.sh
+	cd test/compile; ./compile.sh
 
 .PHONY: rpms
-rpms: src/man config.mk
-	./platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh $(TARNAME) $(VERSION)
+rpms: src/man config.sh
+	./platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh
 
 .PHONY: extras
 extras: all
diff --git a/mkasc.sh b/mkasc.sh
index 62c1b1180a2..0314c20e560 100755
--- a/mkasc.sh
+++ b/mkasc.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2023 Firejail Authors
 # License GPL v2
 
-. "$(dirname "$0")/config.sh"
+. "$(dirname "$0")/config.sh" || exit 1
 
 printf 'Calculating SHA256 for all files in /transfer - %s version %s' "$TARNAME" "$VERSION"
 
diff --git a/platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh b/platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh
index de26ca8d118..0572480c655 100755
--- a/platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh
+++ b/platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2023 Firejail Authors
 # License GPL v2
 #
-# Usage: ./platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh firejail <version> "<config options>"
+# Usage: ./platform/rpm/mkrpm.sh <config options>
 #
 # Builds rpms in a temporary directory then places the result in the
 # current working directory.
 
-name="$1"
+# shellcheck source=config.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")/../../config.sh" || exit 1
+
+name="$TARNAME"
 # Strip any trailing prefix from the version like -rc1 etc
-version="$(printf '%s\n' "$2" | sed 's/\-.*//g')"
-config_opt="$3"
+version="$(printf '%s\n' "$VERSION" | sed 's/\-.*//g')"
+config_opt="$*"
 
 if [[ ! -f "platform/rpm/${name}.spec" ]]; then
     printf 'error: spec file not found for name %s\n' "${name}" >&2
diff --git a/test/compile/compile.sh b/test/compile/compile.sh
index 06b4646a823..0e3425f8d0c 100755
--- a/test/compile/compile.sh
+++ b/test/compile/compile.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #                          install contrib scripts
 #  --enable-analyzer       enable GCC 10 static analyzer
 
-
+# shellcheck source=config.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")/../../config.sh" || exit 1
 
 arr[1]="TEST 1: standard compilation"
 arr[2]="TEST 2: compile dbus proxy disabled"
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ print_title() {
 	echo "**************************************************"
 }
 
-DIST="$1"
+DIST="$(TARNAME)-$(VERSION)"
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do    # Until you run out of parameters . . .
 	case "$1" in
 	--clean)