diff --git a/tests/shell/lab.sh b/tests/shell/lab.sh
index 3becffbd6b..3a528255ee 100644
--- a/tests/shell/lab.sh
+++ b/tests/shell/lab.sh
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Ansible playbooks are in the prior folder, launch from there
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-cd ${DIR}
-cd ..
+cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
 set -o pipefail
 ansible-playbook --private-key ${SSH_KEY_LOCATION} ansible/${targetEnvironment}-provision.yml | tee ansible-${targetEnvironment}-${labName}-provision.log
diff --git a/tests/shell/provision-and-destroy.sh b/tests/shell/provision-and-destroy.sh
index 1655beb658..e6767b3c82 100644
--- a/tests/shell/provision-and-destroy.sh
+++ b/tests/shell/provision-and-destroy.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Ansible playbooks are in the prior folder, launch from there
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-cd ${DIR}
-cd ..
+cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
 ansible-playbook ansible/${targetEnvironment}-provision.yml && ansible-playbook ansible/${targetEnvironment}-cleanup.yml