diff --git a/debug/Makefile b/debug/Makefile
index 3f66666c6c..6893111cbf 100644
--- a/debug/Makefile
+++ b/debug/Makefile
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ $(objpfx)pcprofiledump: $(objpfx)pcprofiledump.o
 
 $(objpfx)xtrace: xtrace.sh
 	rm -f $@.new
-	sed -e 's|@BASH@|$(BASH)|' -e 's|@VERSION@|$(version)|' \
-	    -e 's|@SLIBDIR@|$(sLIBdir)|' -e 's|@BINDIR@|$(bindir)|' \
-	    -e 's|@PKGVERSION@|$(PKGVERSION)|' \
+	sed -e 's|@VERSION@|$(version)|' -e 's|@SLIBDIR@|$(sLIBdir)|' \
+	    -e 's|@BINDIR@|$(bindir)|' -e 's|@PKGVERSION@|$(PKGVERSION)|' \
 	    -e 's|@REPORT_BUGS_TO@|$(REPORT_BUGS_TO)|' $^ > $@.new \
 	&& rm -f $@ && mv $@.new $@ && chmod +x $@
diff --git a/debug/xtrace.sh b/debug/xtrace.sh
index 279fe59ac6..9697fbe0b4 100755
--- a/debug/xtrace.sh
+++ b/debug/xtrace.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! @BASH@
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 # Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.org>, 1999.
diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 3241cb6046..4e148e532a 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ $(objpfx)sotruss-lib.so: $(common-objpfx)libc.so $(objpfx)ld.so \
 	$(common-objpfx)libc_nonshared.a
 
 $(objpfx)sotruss: sotruss.sh $(common-objpfx)config.make
-	sed -e 's%@BASH@%$(BASH)%g' \
-	    -e 's%@VERSION@%$(version)%g' \
+	sed -e 's%@VERSION@%$(version)%g' \
 	    -e 's%@TEXTDOMAINDIR@%$(localedir)%g' \
 	    -e 's%@PREFIX@%$(prefix)%g' \
 	    -e 's|@PKGVERSION@|$(PKGVERSION)|g' \
@@ -654,7 +653,6 @@ ldd-rewrite = -e 's%@RTLD@%$(rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name)%g' \
 	      -e 's%@VERSION@%$(version)%g' \
 	      -e 's|@PKGVERSION@|$(PKGVERSION)|g' \
 	      -e 's|@REPORT_BUGS_TO@|$(REPORT_BUGS_TO)|g' \
-	      -e 's%@BASH@%$(BASH)%g' \
 	      -e 's%@TEXTDOMAINDIR@%$(localedir)%g'
 
 ifeq ($(ldd-rewrite-script),no)
diff --git a/elf/ldd.bash.in b/elf/ldd.bash.in
index 57442bc3f2..ba736464ac 100644
--- a/elf/ldd.bash.in
+++ b/elf/ldd.bash.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! @BASH@
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (C) 1996-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
diff --git a/elf/sotruss.sh b/elf/sotruss.sh
index fd4da80244..003cf4d825 100755
--- a/elf/sotruss.sh
+++ b/elf/sotruss.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! @BASH@
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (C) 2011-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
diff --git a/malloc/Makefile b/malloc/Makefile
index 641967c512..afcd296ef6 100644
--- a/malloc/Makefile
+++ b/malloc/Makefile
@@ -238,9 +238,8 @@ $(objpfx)mtrace: mtrace.pl
 
 $(objpfx)memusage: memusage.sh
 	rm -f $@.new
-	sed -e 's|@BASH@|$(BASH)|' -e 's|@VERSION@|$(version)|' \
-	    -e 's|@SLIBDIR@|$(sLIBdir)|' -e 's|@BINDIR@|$(bindir)|' \
-	    -e 's|@PKGVERSION@|$(PKGVERSION)|' \
+	sed -e 's|@VERSION@|$(version)|' -e 's|@SLIBDIR@|$(sLIBdir)|' \
+	    -e 's|@BINDIR@|$(bindir)|' -e 's|@PKGVERSION@|$(PKGVERSION)|' \
 	    -e 's|@REPORT_BUGS_TO@|$(REPORT_BUGS_TO)|' $^ > $@.new \
 	&& rm -f $@ && mv $@.new $@ && chmod +x $@
 
diff --git a/malloc/memusage.sh b/malloc/memusage.sh
index c1cd4e23b7..0645f09911 100755
--- a/malloc/memusage.sh
+++ b/malloc/memusage.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! @BASH@
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 # Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.org>, 1999.
diff --git a/timezone/Makefile b/timezone/Makefile
index 395abfeebd..c624a189b3 100644
--- a/timezone/Makefile
+++ b/timezone/Makefile
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ $(testdata)/XT%: testdata/XT%
 	cp $< $@
 
 $(objpfx)tzselect: tzselect.ksh $(common-objpfx)config.make
-	sed -e 's|/bin/bash|$(BASH)|' \
-	    -e 's|TZDIR=[^}]*|TZDIR=$(zonedir)|' \
+	sed -e 's|TZDIR=[^}]*|TZDIR=$(zonedir)|' \
 	    -e '/TZVERSION=/s|see_Makefile|"$(version)"|' \
 	    -e '/PKGVERSION=/s|=.*|="$(PKGVERSION)"|' \
 	    -e '/REPORT_BUGS_TO=/s|=.*|="$(REPORT_BUGS_TO)"|' \