diff --git a/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_dtd b/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_dtd
index 77e3551..877a47a 100755
--- a/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_dtd
+++ b/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_dtd
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 DTDDIR="${PORTDIR}"/metadata/dtd
 ebegin "Updating DTDs"
-if [[ -e $DTDDIR ]]; then
-	git -C "$DTDDIR" pull --ff
+if [[ -e ${DTDDIR} ]]; then
+	git -C "${DTDDIR}" pull --ff
 else
-	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/dtd.git "$DTDDIR"
+	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/dtd.git "${DTDDIR}"
 fi
 eend "$?"
diff --git a/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_glsa b/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_glsa
index 7c63b53..9596959 100755
--- a/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_glsa
+++ b/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_glsa
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 GLSADIR="${PORTDIR}"/metadata/glsa
 ebegin "Updating GLSAs"
-if [[ -e $GLSADIR ]]; then
-	git -C "$GLSADIR" pull --ff
+if [[ -e ${GLSADIR} ]]; then
+	git -C "${GLSADIR}" pull --ff
 else
-	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/glsa.git "$GLSADIR"
+	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/data/glsa.git "${GLSADIR}"
 fi
 eend "$?"
diff --git a/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_news b/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_news
index 8818738..73241e9 100755
--- a/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_news
+++ b/etc/portage/postsync.d/sync_news
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ source /etc/portage/util-functions.sh
 
 NEWSDIR="${PORTDIR}"/metadata/news
 ebegin "Updating news items"
-if [[ -e $NEWSDIR ]]; then
-	git -C "$NEWSDIR" pull --ff
+if [[ -e ${NEWSDIR} ]]; then
+	git -C "${NEWSDIR}" pull --ff
 else
-	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/gentoo-news.git "$NEWSDIR"
+	git clone https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/gentoo-news.git "${NEWSDIR}"
 fi
 eend_die $?
 
 ebegin "Cleaning news git repo"
-git -C "$NEWSDIR" clean -fdxq
+git -C "${NEWSDIR}" clean -fdxq
 eend_die $?
 
 ebegin "Copying news to base directory"
-cp -a "$NEWSDIR"/*/* "$NEWSDIR"
+cp -a "${NEWSDIR}"/*/* "${NEWSDIR}"
 eend $?