diff --git a/.scripts/appvars_create_all.sh b/.scripts/appvars_create_all.sh
index f5a526ec4b..9b7db736fe 100644
--- a/.scripts/appvars_create_all.sh
+++ b/.scripts/appvars_create_all.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 appvars_create_all() {
-    local ENABLED_APPS=$(run_script 'enabled_apps')
+    local ENABLED_APPS
+    ENABLED_APPS=$(run_script 'enabled_apps')
     if [[ -n ${ENABLED_APPS-} ]]; then
         notice "Creating environment variables for enabled apps. Please be patient, this can take a while."
         for APPNAME in ${ENABLED_APPS}; do
diff --git a/.scripts/appvars_migrate_all.sh b/.scripts/appvars_migrate_all.sh
index 5a3d680f61..2218fecc96 100644
--- a/.scripts/appvars_migrate_all.sh
+++ b/.scripts/appvars_migrate_all.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 appvars_migrate_all() {
     run_script 'appvars_migrate_enabled_lines'
-    local INSTALLED_APPS=$(run_script 'installed_apps')
+    local INSTALLED_APPS
+    INSTALLED_APPS=$(run_script 'installed_apps')
     for APPNAME in ${INSTALLED_APPS-}; do
         run_script 'appvars_migrate' "${APPNAME}"
     done
diff --git a/.scripts/appvars_purge_all.sh b/.scripts/appvars_purge_all.sh
index 48f21411ab..2b89131321 100644
--- a/.scripts/appvars_purge_all.sh
+++ b/.scripts/appvars_purge_all.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
 appvars_purge_all() {
-    local DISABLED_APPS=$(run_script 'disabled_apps')
+    local DISABLED_APPS
+    DISABLED_APPS=$(run_script 'disabled_apps')
     if [[ -n ${DISABLED_APPS-} ]]; then
         if [[ ${CI-} == true ]] || run_script 'question_prompt' "${PROMPT:-CLI}" Y "Would you like to purge variables for all disabled apps?"; then
             info "Purging disabled app variables."
diff --git a/.scripts/yml_merge.sh b/.scripts/yml_merge.sh
index ff69c88ac8..f2bdb414cd 100644
--- a/.scripts/yml_merge.sh
+++ b/.scripts/yml_merge.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ yml_merge() {
     run_script 'env_update'
     local COMPOSE_FILE=""
     notice "Adding enabled app templates to merge docker-compose.yml. Please be patient, this can take a while."
-    local ENABLED_APPS=$(run_script 'enabled_apps')
+    local ENABLED_APPS
+    ENABLED_APPS=$(run_script 'enabled_apps')
     for APPNAME in ${ENABLED_APPS-}; do
         local FILENAME=${APPNAME,,}
         local APP_FOLDER="${TEMPLATES_FOLDER}/${FILENAME}"