diff --git a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile
index e7fb920d..cb7f27ba 100644
--- a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile
+++ b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #   GNU awk:
 #     - gawk
 
-override SHELL		:= /bin/bash
 override .SHELLFLAGS	:= -O globstar -O nullglob -O extglob -c
 
 # Include common s390-tools definitions
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 424f952b..a1ffd214 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ CARGOFLAGS ?=
 ifeq ($(COMMON_INCLUDED),false)
 COMMON_INCLUDED := true
 
+override SHELL := /bin/bash
+
 # 'BUILD_ARCH' is the architecture of the machine where the build takes place
 BUILD_ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/i386/' -e 's/sun4u/sparc64/' -e 's/arm.*/arm/' -e 's/sa110/arm/')
 # 'HOST_ARCH' is the architecture of the machine that will run the compiled output
diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index d4a1c5f9..cf2fda70 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include ../common.mak
-SHELL := /bin/bash
 HAVE_CARGO ?= 1
 HAVE_OPENSSL ?= 1
 HAVE_LIBCURL ?= 1