diff --git a/src/basic/generate-cap-list.sh b/src/basic/generate-cap-list.sh
index cdbf11c7a..c39f1b698 100755
--- a/src/basic/generate-cap-list.sh
+++ b/src/basic/generate-cap-list.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 #if 0 /// elogind needs musl_missing.sh, which is in shared.
 # $1 -dM -include linux/capability.h -include "$2" -include "$3" - </dev/null | \
diff --git a/src/basic/generate-errno-list.sh b/src/basic/generate-errno-list.sh
index e2bab8b32..953d5e37b 100755
--- a/src/basic/generate-errno-list.sh
+++ b/src/basic/generate-errno-list.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 $1 -dM -include errno.h - </dev/null | \
         awk '/^#define[ \t]+E[^ _]+[ \t]+/ { print $2; }'
diff --git a/src/basic/generate-socket-protocol-list.sh b/src/basic/generate-socket-protocol-list.sh
index 18a540f32..a9b1e0fb5 100644
--- a/src/basic/generate-socket-protocol-list.sh
+++ b/src/basic/generate-socket-protocol-list.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 $1 -dM -include netinet/in.h - </dev/null | \
         awk '/^#define[ \t]+IPPROTO_[^ \t]+[ \t]+[^ \t]/ { print $2; }' | \
diff --git a/tools/add-git-hook.sh b/tools/add-git-hook.sh
index 4ee919faf..c1db99b18 100755
--- a/tools/add-git-hook.sh
+++ b/tools/add-git-hook.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 cd "$MESON_SOURCE_ROOT"
 
diff --git a/tools/meson-check-compilation.sh b/tools/meson-check-compilation.sh
index d3b2a312f..ce39e1684 100755
--- a/tools/meson-check-compilation.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-check-compilation.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 "$@" '-' -o/dev/null </dev/null
diff --git a/tools/meson-check-help.sh b/tools/meson-check-help.sh
index 4210491a9..69157105f 100755
--- a/tools/meson-check-help.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-check-help.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 export SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=info
 
diff --git a/tools/meson-git-contrib.sh b/tools/meson-git-contrib.sh
index c543b3a5f..514daa094 100755
--- a/tools/meson-git-contrib.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-git-contrib.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 git shortlog -s `git describe --abbrev=0`.. | \
         cut -c8- | \
diff --git a/tools/meson-make-symlink.sh b/tools/meson-make-symlink.sh
index 47a5e70ae..501cd43d4 100755
--- a/tools/meson-make-symlink.sh
+++ b/tools/meson-make-symlink.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
 
 # this is needed mostly because $DESTDIR is provided as a variable,
 # and we need to create the target directory...