diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 535ec3533..fe82323d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ARCHS = amd64 arm arm64
 LDFLAGS=-ldflags "-X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.version=${VERSION} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.buildDate=${BUILD} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.gitbranch=${BRANCH} -X ${LDFLAG_LOCATION}.gitsha1=${SHA1}"
 
 GOLANGCI_VERSION := v1.30.0
-HAS_GOLANGCI := $(shell ls _output/bin/golangci-lint)
+HAS_GOLANGCI := $(shell ls _output/bin/golangci-lint 2> /dev/null)
 
 # REGISTRY is the container registry to push
 # into. The default is to push to the staging
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ IMAGE_GCLOUD:=$(REGISTRY)/descheduler:$(VERSION)
 # In the future binaries can be uploaded to
 # GCS bucket gs://k8s-staging-descheduler.
 
-HAS_HELM := $(shell which helm)
+HAS_HELM := $(shell which helm 2> /dev/null)
 
 all: build
 
@@ -135,11 +135,13 @@ ifndef HAS_GOLANGCI
 endif
 	./_output/bin/golangci-lint run
 
-lint-chart:
-ifndef HAS_HELM
-	curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 && chmod 700 ./get_helm.sh && ./get_helm.sh
-endif
+lint-chart: ensure-helm-install
 	helm lint ./charts/descheduler
 
-test-helm:
+test-helm: ensure-helm-install
 	./test/run-helm-tests.sh
+
+ensure-helm-install:
+ifndef HAS_HELM
+	curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/scripts/get-helm-3 && chmod 700 ./get_helm.sh && ./get_helm.sh
+endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/run-e2e-tests.sh b/test/run-e2e-tests.sh
index a60542bb6..19c30d539 100755
--- a/test/run-e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-e2e-tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 # Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -12,8 +14,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-#!/bin/bash
-
 set -x
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
diff --git a/test/run-helm-tests.sh b/test/run-helm-tests.sh
index 0ed114171..0d8bd80cd 100755
--- a/test/run-helm-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-helm-tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 # Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -12,7 +14,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-#!/bin/bash
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/test/run-unit-tests.sh b/test/run-unit-tests.sh
index 95cf199a5..70656e094 100755
--- a/test/run-unit-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-unit-tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 # Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes Authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -12,8 +14,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-#!/bin/bash
-
 set -x
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset