diff --git a/scripts/get b/scripts/get
index 777a53bbc..a8ec3c6d9 100755
--- a/scripts/get
+++ b/scripts/get
@@ -50,13 +50,11 @@ initOS() {
 
 # runs the given command as root (detects if we are root already)
 runAsRoot() {
-  local CMD="$*"
-
-  if [ $EUID -ne 0 -a $USE_SUDO = "true" ]; then
-    CMD="sudo $CMD"
+  if [ $EUID -ne 0 -a "$USE_SUDO" = "true" ]; then
+    sudo "${@}"
+  else
+    "${@}"
   fi
-
-  $CMD
 }
 
 # verifySupported checks that the os/arch combination is supported for
diff --git a/scripts/get-helm-3 b/scripts/get-helm-3
index 7afa9bae9..97ebe2435 100755
--- a/scripts/get-helm-3
+++ b/scripts/get-helm-3
@@ -57,13 +57,11 @@ initOS() {
 
 # runs the given command as root (detects if we are root already)
 runAsRoot() {
-  local CMD="$*"
-
-  if [ $EUID -ne 0 -a $USE_SUDO = "true" ]; then
-    CMD="sudo $CMD"
+  if [ $EUID -ne 0 -a "$USE_SUDO" = "true" ]; then
+    sudo "${@}"
+  else
+    "${@}"
   fi
-
-  $CMD
 }
 
 # verifySupported checks that the os/arch combination is supported for