diff --git a/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings b/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings
index 27a212e67..09ed73d66 100755
--- a/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings
+++ b/elements/base/extra-data.d/50-store-build-settings
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 set -e
 source $_LIB/die
-[ -n "$TMP_HOOKS_PATH." ] || die "Temp hook path not set"
+[ -n "$TMP_HOOKS_PATH" ] || die "Temp hook path not set"
 
 echo "$DIB_ENV" > $TMP_HOOKS_PATH/dib_environment
 echo "$DIB_ARGS" > $TMP_HOOKS_PATH/dib_arguments
diff --git a/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key b/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key
index 0d5ed71d5..a6ad5dc88 100755
--- a/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key
+++ b/elements/local-config/extra-data.d/62-ssh-key
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 set -e
 source $_LIB/die
-[ -n "$TMP_HOOKS_PATH." ] || die "Temp hook path not set"
+[ -n "$TMP_HOOKS_PATH" ] || die "Temp hook path not set"
 
 if [ -e ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ]; then
    cat ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > $TMP_HOOKS_PATH/ssh-authorized-keys