diff --git a/bin/do_pylint.sh b/bin/do_pylint.sh
index cefa22b..d4991d9 100755
--- a/bin/do_pylint.sh
+++ b/bin/do_pylint.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PROJ_DIR=$(cd "$PROJ_DIR"; pwd)
 PYLINTRC=$PROJ_DIR/src/pylintrc
 PYTHONPATH=$PROJ_DIR/src
 
-function check_for_filename()
+check_for_filename()
 {
 	# maybe the argument is a file instead of a module name
 	if echo "$1" | grep -q "\.py$" && test -e "$1"
diff --git a/bin/do_unittests.sh b/bin/do_unittests.sh
index a9a3803..6d06c32 100755
--- a/bin/do_unittests.sh
+++ b/bin/do_unittests.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ BASE_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname $0)/.."; pwd)
 
 export PYTHONPATH=$BASE_DIR/src
 
-function disable_filecheck()
+disable_filecheck()
 {
 	sed -i "s/^OVERRIDE_FILECHECK = .*$/OVERRIDE_FILECHECK = True/" "$BASE_DIR/bin/CryptoBoxRootActions"
 }
 
-function enable_filecheck()
+enable_filecheck()
 {
 	sed -i "s/^OVERRIDE_FILECHECK = .*$/OVERRIDE_FILECHECK = False/" "$BASE_DIR/bin/CryptoBoxRootActions"
 }