diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms b/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms
index 70054fd4..44b7cb8e 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms
@@ -36,20 +36,11 @@ firstoption=""
 
 main()
 {
-	if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-		usage
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	firstoption="${1}"
+	[ $# -lt 1 ] && usage && exit 1
 
-	if [ "${firstoption}" = "help" ]; then
-		usage
-		exit 0
-	fi
-	if [ "${firstoption}" = "list" ]; then
-		listboards
-		exit 0
-	fi
+	firstoption="${1}"
+	[ "${firstoption}" = "help" ] && usage && exit 0
+	[ "${firstoption}" = "list" ] && listboards && exit 0
 
 	while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 		case ${1} in
@@ -68,21 +59,16 @@ main()
 		shift
 	done
 
-	if [ -z ${opts+x} ]; then
-		opts=""
-	fi
-
+	[ -z ${opts+x} ] && opts=""
 	printf "Building %s ROM images\n" "${projectname}"
 
 	if [ "${firstoption}" = "all" ]; then
 		for boardname in $(listboards); do
-			buildrom "${boardname}" \
-					|| die "build/roms: error"
+			buildrom "${boardname}" || err "build/roms: error"
 		done
 	else
 		for board in ${boards}; do
-			buildrom "${board}" \
-					|| die "build/roms: error"
+			buildrom "${board}" || err "build/roms: error"
 		done
 	fi
 
@@ -116,9 +102,7 @@ usage()
 listboards()
 {
 	for boarddir in resources/coreboot/*; do
-		if [ ! -d "${boarddir}" ]; then
-			continue
-		fi
+		[ ! -d "${boarddir}" ] && continue
 		board="${boarddir##resources/coreboot/}"
 		board="${board%/}"
 		printf '%s\n' "${board##*/}"
@@ -127,18 +111,13 @@ listboards()
 
 # Build ROM images for supported boards
 buildrom() {
-	board="$1"
-
-	if [ -d "resources/coreboot/${board}/" ]; then
-		./build boot roms_helper ${board}${opts}
-	else
-		printf "\nbuild/roms: target not defined: %s\n" ${board}
-		die "Run: ./build boot roms list"
-	fi
+	[ -d "resources/coreboot/${1}/" ] || \
+		err "build/roms: target not defined: ${1}"
+	./build boot roms_helper ${1}${opts}
 }
 
-die() {
-	printf 'Error: %s\n' "${@}" 1>&2
+err() {
+	printf '%s\n' "${1}" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper b/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper
index 5e2085d9..8438fffc 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/boot/roms_helper
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ fi
 # NOTE: reverse logic must NOT be applied. If SeaBIOS-with-GRUB works, that
 # doesn't necessarily mean GRUb-with-SeaBIOS will. For example, the board
 # might have an external GPU, where it's recommended to boot SeaBIOS first
-if [ "${payload_grub}" != "y" ] && [ "${payload_seabios}" != "y" ] \
-			&& [ "${payload_uboot}" != "y" ]; then
+if [ "${payload_grub}" != "y" ] && [ "${payload_seabios}" != "y" ] && \
+    [ "${payload_uboot}" != "y" ]; then
 	for configfile in "resources/coreboot/${board}/config/"*; do
 		[ ! -e "${configfile}" ] && continue
 		printf "ERROR build/roms: Target '%s' defines no payload. " \
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ fi
 
 romdir="bin/${board}"
 cbdir="coreboot/${board}"
-[ "${board}" != "${tree}" ] && \
+[ "${board}" = "${tree}" ] || \
 	cbdir="coreboot/${tree}"
 cbfstool="cbutils/${tree}/cbfstool"
 corebootrom="${cbdir}/build/coreboot.rom"
@@ -191,10 +191,7 @@ if [ "${payload_grub}" = "y" ] \
 		printf "Required GRUB payloads not yet built. Building now:\n"
 	fi
 	for keymapfile in ${kmapdir}/*; do
-
-		if [ ! -f "${keymapfile}" ]; then
-			continue
-		fi
+		[ -f "${keymapfile}" ] || continue
 
 		keymap="${keymapfile##*/}"
 		keymap="${keymap%.gkb}"
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ if [ "${payload_uboot}" = "y" ]; then
 	ubootelf="${ubdir}/u-boot.elf"
 	[ ! -f "${ubootelf}" ] && [ -f "${ubdir}/u-boot.bin" ] && \
 		ubootelf="${ubdir}/u-boot.bin"
-	[ ! -f "${ubootelf}" ] && \
+	[ -f "${ubootelf}" ] || \
 		err "Could not find u-boot build for board, ${board}"
 fi
 
@@ -234,8 +231,7 @@ moverom() {
 
 	if [ "${cuttype}" = "4MiB IFD BIOS region" ]; then
 		dd if=${rompath} of=${newrompath} bs=1 \
-				skip=$(($(stat -c %s ${rompath}) - 0x400000)) \
-				count=4194304
+		    skip=$(($(stat -c %s ${rompath}) - 0x400000)) count=4194304
 	else
 		cp ${rompath} ${newrompath}
 	fi
@@ -248,7 +244,7 @@ moverom() {
 		touch "${emptyrom}"
 		for deviceID in "0072" "3050"; do
 			"${cbfstool}" "${newrompath}" add -f "${emptyrom}" \
-					-n pci1000,${deviceID}.rom -t raw
+			    -n pci1000,${deviceID}.rom -t raw
 		done
 		rm -f "${emptyrom}"
 	fi
@@ -256,30 +252,27 @@ moverom() {
 	for romsize in 4 8 16; do
 		ifdgbe="descriptors/ich9m/ich9fdgbe_${romsize}m.bin"
 		if [ "${cuttype}" = "${romsize}MiB ICH9 IFD NOR flash" ]; then
-			if [ ! -f "${ifdgbe}" ]; then
+			[ -f "${ifdgbe}" ] || \
 				./build descriptors ich9m
-			fi
 			dd if=${ifdgbe} of=${newrompath} bs=1 count=12k \
-					conv=notrunc
+			    conv=notrunc
 		fi
 		cmpstr="${romsize}MiB ICH9 IFD NOGBE NOR flash"
 		ifdgbe="descriptors/ich9m/ich9fdnogbe_${romsize}m.bin"
 		if [ "${cuttype}" = "${cmpstr}" ]; then
-			if [ ! -f "${ifdgbe}" ]; then
+			[ -f "${ifdgbe}" ] || \
 				./build descriptors ich9m
-			fi
 			dd if=${ifdgbe} of=${newrompath} bs=1 count=4k \
-					conv=notrunc
+			    conv=notrunc
 		fi
 	done
 
 	if [ "${cuttype}" = "i945 laptop" ]; then
 		dd if=${newrompath} of=top64k.bin bs=1 \
-			skip=$(($(stat -c %s ${newrompath}) - 0x10000)) \
-			count=64k
+		    skip=$(($(stat -c %s ${newrompath}) - 0x10000)) count=64k
 		dd if=top64k.bin of=${newrompath} bs=1 \
-			seek=$(($(stat -c %s ${newrompath}) - 0x20000)) \
-			count=64k conv=notrunc
+		    seek=$(($(stat -c %s ${newrompath}) - 0x20000)) count=64k \
+		    conv=notrunc
 		rm -f top64k.bin
 	fi
 
@@ -288,11 +281,11 @@ moverom() {
 		cp "${newrompath}" "${_newrom_b}" || exit 1
 		microcode_present="y"
 		"${cbfstool}" "${_newrom_b}" remove -n \
-				cpu_microcode_blob.bin || microcode_present="n"
+		    cpu_microcode_blob.bin || microcode_present="n"
 		if [ "${microcode_present}" = "n" ]; then
 			rm -f "${_newrom_b}" || exit 1
 			printf "REMARK: '%s' already lacks microcode\n" \
-					${newrompath}
+			    ${newrompath}
 			printf "Renaming default ROM file instead.\n"
 			mv "${newrompath}" "${_newrom_b}" || exit 1
 		fi
@@ -313,27 +306,26 @@ mkSeabiosRom() {
 	cp "${target_cbrom}" "${tmprom}"
 
 	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-payload -f "${target_seabioself}" \
-			-n ${target_seabios_cbfs_path} -c lzma || exit 1
+	    -n ${target_seabios_cbfs_path} -c lzma || exit 1
 
 	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-int -i 3000 -n etc/ps2-keyboard-spinup \
-			|| exit 1
+	    || exit 1
 
-	if [ "${target_initmode}" = "normal" ] \
-			|| [ "${target_initmode}" = "libgfxinit" ]; then
+	if [ "${target_initmode}" = "normal" ] || \
+	    [ "${target_initmode}" = "libgfxinit" ]; then
 		"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-int -i 2 \
-					-n etc/pci-optionrom-exec || exit 1
+		    -n etc/pci-optionrom-exec || exit 1
 	elif [ "${target_initmode}" = "vgarom" ]; then # coreboot executes it
 		"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-int -i 0 \
-					-n etc/pci-optionrom-exec || exit 1
+		    -n etc/pci-optionrom-exec || exit 1
 	fi # for undefined modes, don't add this integer. use SeaBIOS defaults
 
-	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-int -i 0 -n etc/optionroms-checksum \
-				|| exit 1
+	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-int -i 0 -n etc/optionroms-checksum || \
+	    exit 1
 
-	if [ "${target_initmode}" = "libgfxinit" ]; then
+	[ "${target_initmode}" != "libgfxinit" ] || \
 		"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add -f "${seavgabiosrom}" \
-				-n vgaroms/seavgabios.bin -t raw || exit 1
-	fi
+		    -n vgaroms/seavgabios.bin -t raw || exit 1
 
 	printf "%s\n" "${tmprom}"
 }
@@ -348,16 +340,16 @@ mkUbootRom() {
 
 	target_ubdir="elf/u-boot/${board}/${target_uboot_config}"
 	target_ubootelf="${target_ubdir}/u-boot.elf"
-	[ ! -f "${target_ubootelf}" ] && \
+	[ -f "${target_ubootelf}" ] || \
 		target_ubootelf="${target_ubdir}/u-boot.bin"
-	[ ! -f "${target_ubootelf}" ] && \
+	[ -f "${target_ubootelf}" ] || \
 		err "Could not find u-boot build for board, ${board}"
 
 	tmprom=$(mktemp -t coreboot_rom.XXXXXXXXXX)
 
 	cp "${target_cbrom}" "${tmprom}"
 	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-payload -f "${target_ubootelf}" \
-			-n ${target_uboot_cbfs_path} -c lzma || exit 1
+	    -n ${target_uboot_cbfs_path} -c lzma || exit 1
 
 	printf "%s\n" "${tmprom}"
 }
@@ -376,34 +368,34 @@ mkGrubRom() {
 	cp "${target_cbrom}" "${tmprom}" || exit 1
 
 	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add-payload -f "${grubelf}" \
-			-n ${target_grubelf_cbfs_path} -c lzma || exit 1
+	    -n ${target_grubelf_cbfs_path} -c lzma || exit 1
 
 	tmpgrubcfg=$(mktemp -t grub.cfg.XXXXXXXXXX)
 	tmpgrubtestcfg=$(mktemp -t grubtest.cfg.XXXXXXXXXX)
 	if [ "${grub_scan_disk}" = "ahci" ]; then
 		sed \
 		's/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"both\"/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"ahci\"/' \
-				"${grubcfg}" > "${tmpgrubcfg}"
+		    "${grubcfg}" > "${tmpgrubcfg}"
 		sed \
 		's/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"both\"/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"ahci\"/' \
-				"${grubtestcfg}" > "${tmpgrubtestcfg}"
+		    "${grubtestcfg}" > "${tmpgrubtestcfg}"
 	elif [ "${grub_scan_disk}" = "ata" ]; then
 		sed \
 		's/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"both\"/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"ata\"/' \
-				"${grubcfg}" > "${tmpgrubcfg}"
+		    "${grubcfg}" > "${tmpgrubcfg}"
 		sed \
 		's/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"both\"/set\ grub_scan_disk=\"ata\"/' \
-				"${grubtestcfg}" > "${tmpgrubtestcfg}"
+		    "${grubtestcfg}" > "${tmpgrubtestcfg}"
 	else
 		cp "${grubcfg}" "${tmpgrubcfg}"
 		cp "${grubtestcfg}" "${tmpgrubtestcfg}"
 	fi
 
-	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add -f "${tmpgrubcfg}" -n grub.cfg -t raw \
-			|| exit 1
+	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add -f "${tmpgrubcfg}" -n grub.cfg -t raw || \
+	    exit 1
 
 	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add -f "${tmpgrubtestcfg}" -n grubtest.cfg \
-			-t raw || exit 1
+	    -t raw || exit 1
 	rm -f "${tmpgrubcfg}" "${tmpgrubtestcfg}"
 
 	backgroundfile="background1280x800.png"
@@ -413,7 +405,7 @@ mkGrubRom() {
 	fi
 	backgroundfile="resources/grub/background/${backgroundfile}"
 	"${cbfstool}" "${tmprom}" add -f ${backgroundfile} -n background.png \
-			-t raw || exit 1
+	    -t raw || exit 1
 
 	printf "%s\n" "${tmprom}"
 }
@@ -427,20 +419,18 @@ mkRomsWithGrub() {
 
 	x=${tmprompath}
 	y=${initmode}
-	if [ "${payload_grub_withseabios}" = "y" ] \
-				&& [ "${firstpayloadname}" = "grub" ]; then
-		mv "$(mkSeabiosRom "${x}" "seabios.elf" "${y}")" \
-				"${tmprompath}"
-	elif [ "${payload_seabios_withgrub}" ] \
-				&& [ "${firstpayloadname}" != "grub" ]; then
+	if [ "${payload_grub_withseabios}" = "y" ] && \
+	    [ "${firstpayloadname}" = "grub" ]; then
+		mv "$(mkSeabiosRom "${x}" "seabios.elf" "${y}")" "${tmprompath}"
+	elif [ "${payload_seabios_withgrub}" ] && \
+	    [ "${firstpayloadname}" != "grub" ]; then
 		mv "$(mkSeabiosRom "${x}" "fallback/payload" "$y")" \
-				"${tmprompath}"
+		    "${tmprompath}"
 	fi	
 
 	keymaps=""
 	if [ -z ${keyboard_layouts} ]; then
-		for kmapfile in "${kmapdir}"/*
-		do
+		for kmapfile in "${kmapdir}"/*; do
 			keymaps="${keymaps} ${kmapfile}"
 		done
 	else
@@ -451,17 +441,14 @@ mkRomsWithGrub() {
 	for keymapfile in ${keymaps}; do
 		echo "keymaps is $keymaps, keymapfile is $keymapfile"
 
-		if [ ! -f "${keymapfile}" ]; then
-			continue
-		fi
+		[ -f "${keymapfile}" ] || continue
 
 		keymap="${keymapfile##*/}"
 		keymap="${keymap%.gkb}"
 
 		grub_path_in_cbfs="fallback/payload"
-		if [ "${firstpayloadname}" != "grub" ]; then
+		[ "${firstpayloadname}" = "grub" ] || \
 			grub_path_in_cbfs="img/grub2"
-		fi
 
 		# evil bofh rfc 2646 compliance hack
 		x=${keymap}
@@ -492,8 +479,7 @@ mkRoms()
 
 	if [ ! -f "${cbcfgpath}" ]; then
 		printf "'%s' does not exist. Skipping build for %s %s %s\n" \
-				${cbcfgpath} ${board} \
-				${displaymode} ${initmode}
+		    ${cbcfgpath} ${board} ${displaymode} ${initmode}
 		return 0
 	fi
 
@@ -506,11 +492,10 @@ mkRoms()
 	corebootrom="$(mktemp -t coreboot_rom.XXXXXXXXXX)"
 	cp "${_corebootrom}" "${corebootrom}"
 
-	if [ "${displaymode}" = "txtmode" ] \
-				&& [ "${payload_memtest}" = "y" ]; then
+	if [ "${displaymode}" = "txtmode" ] && \
+	    [ "${payload_memtest}" = "y" ]; then
 		"${cbfstool}" "${corebootrom}" add-payload \
-				-f memtest86plus/memtest -n img/memtest \
-				-c lzma || exit 1
+		    -f memtest86plus/memtest -n img/memtest -c lzma || exit 1
 	fi
 
 	if [ "${payload_seabios}" = "y" ]; then
@@ -533,15 +518,14 @@ mkRoms()
 			tmprom=$(mktemp -t coreboot_rom.XXXXXXXXXX)
 			cp "${corebootrom}" "${tmprom}"
 			mkRomsWithGrub "${tmprom}" "${initmode}" \
-					"${displaymode}" "seabios_withgrub"
+			    "${displaymode}" "seabios_withgrub"
 			rm -f "${tmprom}"
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	if [ "${payload_grub}" = "y" ]; then
+	[ "${payload_grub}" = "y" ] && \
 		mkRomsWithGrub "${corebootrom}" "${initmode}" \
-				"${displaymode}" "grub"
-	fi
+		    "${displaymode}" "grub"
 
 	if [ "${payload_uboot}" = "y" ]; then
 		x=${corebootrom}
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/clean/cbutils b/resources/scripts/build/clean/cbutils
index de9a588f..dec8d944 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/clean/cbutils
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/clean/cbutils
@@ -33,12 +33,9 @@ rm -Rf cbutils
 [ ! -d "coreboot/" ] && exit 0
 
 for tree in coreboot/*; do
-	if [ "${tree##*/}" = "coreboot" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
-	if [ ! -d "${tree}" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
+	[ "${tree##*/}" = "coreboot" ] && continue
+	[ -d "${tree}" ] || continue
+
 	# Clean coreboot, of course
 	make -C "${tree}/" distclean
 
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/clean/crossgcc b/resources/scripts/build/clean/crossgcc
index 6c09c878..8c61dd5f 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/clean/crossgcc
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/clean/crossgcc
@@ -25,14 +25,11 @@ set -u -e
 main()
 {
 	printf "Cleaning crossgcc builds in all coreboot archives\n"
-
 	[ ! -d "coreboot/" ] && exit 0
 
 	for board in coreboot/*; do
-		[ "${board##*/}" = "coreboot" ] && \
-			continue
-		[ ! -d "${board}" ] && \
-			continue
+		[ "${board##*/}" = "coreboot" ] && continue
+		[ ! -d "${board}" ] && continue
 		make -C "${board}/" crossgcc-clean || err "make-clean"
 	done
 }
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/coreboot/utils b/resources/scripts/build/coreboot/utils
index 45739e95..a21da691 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/coreboot/utils
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/coreboot/utils
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ main()
 
 build_for_mainboard() {
 	board="${1}"
-	[ ! -d "resources/coreboot/${board}" ] && \
-		continue
-	[ ! -f "resources/coreboot/${board}/target.cfg" ] && \
-		continue
+	[ -d "resources/coreboot/${board}" ] || continue
+	[ -f "resources/coreboot/${board}/target.cfg" ] || continue
 	tree="undefined"
 	. "resources/coreboot/${board}/target.cfg" # source
 	if [ "${tree}" = "undefined" ]; then
@@ -55,15 +53,12 @@ build_for_mainboard() {
 
 buildutils() {
 	tree="${1}"
-	if [ ! -d "coreboot/${tree}/" ]; then
+	[ -d "coreboot/${tree}/" ] || \
 		./fetch_trees coreboot $tree || return 1
-	fi
 	for util in cbfstool ifdtool; do
-		[ -f "cbutils/${tree}/${util}" ] \
-			&& continue
-		if [ ! -d "cbutils/${tree}" ]; then
+		[ -f "cbutils/${tree}/${util}" ] && continue
+		[ -d "cbutils/${tree}" ] || \
 			mkdir -p "cbutils/${tree}" || return 1
-		fi
 
 		utildir="coreboot/${tree}/util/${util}"
 		make distclean -C "${utildir}" || return 1
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/descriptors/ich9m b/resources/scripts/build/descriptors/ich9m
index 1623b94b..221131af 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/descriptors/ich9m
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/descriptors/ich9m
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ ich9gen="util/ich9utils/ich9gen"
 
 main()
 {
-	[ -f "${ich9gen}" ] || ./build src for -b ich9utils || err "ich9utils make"
-	[ ! -f "${ich9gen}" ] && \
-		err "ich9gen doesn't exist"
+	[ -f "${ich9gen}" ] || ./build src for -b ich9utils || \
+	    err "ich9utils make"
+	[ ! -f "${ich9gen}" ] && err "ich9gen doesn't exist"
 
 	[ -d "descriptors/ich9m/" ] || mkdir -p "descriptors/ich9m/"
 	rm -f descriptors/ich9m/* || err "rm-rf"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/grub/payload b/resources/scripts/build/grub/payload
index bf52d2a1..4886a874 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/grub/payload
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/grub/payload
@@ -53,18 +53,15 @@ main()
 build_grub_payloads()
 {
 	keylayoutfile=${1}
+	[ -f "${keylayoutfile}" ] || continue
 
-	if [ ! -f "${keylayoutfile}" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
 	keymap="${keylayoutfile##${grubcfgsdir}/keymap/}"
 	keymap="${keymap%.gkb}"
 
 	build_grub_elf "${keylayoutfile}"
 	create_grub_config
 
-	printf "Created 'elf/grub/grub_%s.elf' and configs.'\n" \
-			"${keymap}"
+	printf "Created 'elf/grub/grub_%s.elf' and configs.'\n" "${keymap}"
 }
 
 build_grub_elf()
@@ -75,24 +72,22 @@ build_grub_elf()
 	gcfg="${gcfg}/config/grub_memdisk.cfg"
 	grubk="/boot/grub/layouts/${keymap}.gkb=${keylayoutfile}"
 	grub/grub-mkstandalone \
-			--grub-mkimage="grub/grub-mkimage" \
-			-O i386-coreboot \
-			-o elf/grub/grub_${keymap}.elf \
-			-d grub/grub-core/ \
-			--fonts= --themes= --locales=  \
-			--modules="${grub_modules}" \
-			--install-modules="${grub_install_modules}" \
-			${gcfg} ${grubk}
+	    --grub-mkimage="grub/grub-mkimage" \
+	    -O i386-coreboot \
+	    -o elf/grub/grub_${keymap}.elf \
+	    -d grub/grub-core/ \
+	    --fonts= --themes= --locales=  \
+	    --modules="${grub_modules}" \
+	    --install-modules="${grub_install_modules}" \
+	    ${gcfg} ${grubk}
 }
 
 create_grub_config()
 {
-	sed "s/usqwerty/${keymap}/" \
-			< ${grubcfgsdir}/config/grub.cfg \
-			> elf/grub/grub_${keymap}.cfg
-	sed "s/grubtest.cfg/grub.cfg/" \
-			< elf/grub/grub_${keymap}.cfg \
-			> elf/grub/grub_${keymap}_test.cfg
+	sed "s/usqwerty/${keymap}/" < ${grubcfgsdir}/config/grub.cfg \
+	    > elf/grub/grub_${keymap}.cfg
+	sed "s/grubtest.cfg/grub.cfg/" < elf/grub/grub_${keymap}.cfg \
+	    > elf/grub/grub_${keymap}_test.cfg
 }
 
 main $@
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/grub/utils b/resources/scripts/build/grub/utils
index edad6b2a..3e379472 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/grub/utils
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/grub/utils
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ set -u -e
 main()
 {
 	printf "Building GRUB\n"
-
-	if [ ! -d "grub/" ]; then
-		./fetch grub || exit 1
-	fi
-
+	[ -d "grub/" ] || ./fetch grub || exit 1
 	build_grub
 }
 
@@ -37,15 +33,8 @@ build_grub()
 {
 	(
 	cd grub/ || err "cd"
-
-	# clean up first
-	if [ -d Makefile ]; then
-		make distclean || err "make-distclean"
-	fi
-
+	[ ! -d Makefile ] || make distclean || err "make-distclean"
 	./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=gnulib/ --no-git || err "bootstrap"
-
-	# build
 	./autogen.sh || err "autogen"
 	./configure --with-platform=coreboot || err "configure"
 	make -j$(nproc) || err "make"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/release/roms b/resources/scripts/build/release/roms
index b9d2487e..ca0e9fe7 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/release/roms
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/release/roms
@@ -70,26 +70,22 @@ make_archive()
 	target="${romdir##*/}"
 
 	echo ${target}
-	if [ ! -d "${romdir}/" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
+	[ -d "${romdir}/" ] || continue
 
 	CONFIG_HAVE_MRC="y"
 	CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN="y"
 	CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE="y"
 	CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW="y"
-	grep "CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN=y" \
-			"resources/coreboot/${target}/config/"* \
-			|| CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN="n"
-	grep "CONFIG_HAVE_MRC=y" \
-			"resources/coreboot/${target}/config/"* \
-			|| CONFIG_HAVE_MRC="n"
+	grep "CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN=y" "resources/coreboot/${target}/config/"* || \
+	    CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN="n"
+	grep "CONFIG_HAVE_MRC=y" "resources/coreboot/${target}/config/"* || \
+	    CONFIG_HAVE_MRC="n"
 	grep "CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE=y" \
-			"resources/coreboot/${target}/config"/* \
-			|| CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE="n"
+	    "resources/coreboot/${target}/config"/* || \
+	    CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE="n"
 	grep "CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW=y" \
-			"resources/coreboot/${target}/config"/* \
-			|| CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW="n"
+	    "resources/coreboot/${target}/config"/* || \
+	    CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW="n"
 
 	# remove ME/MRC/EC firmware from ROM images
 	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN}" = "y" ] \
@@ -107,8 +103,7 @@ make_archive()
 	f="release/${version}/roms/${projectname}-${version}_${target##*/}"
 	tar -c "${romdir}/" | xz -9e > "${f}.tar.xz"
 
-	if [ -d "${romdir}_tmp" ]
-	then
+	if [ -d "${romdir}_tmp" ]; then
 		rm -Rf "${romdir}"
 		mv "${romdir}_tmp" "${romdir}"
 	fi
@@ -118,9 +113,8 @@ strip_archive()
 {
 	romdir=${1}
 
-	if [ ! -d coreboot/${tree} ]; then
+	[ -d coreboot/${tree} ] || \
 		./fetch_trees coreboot ${tree} || exit 1
-	fi
 	./build coreboot utils ${tree} || exit 1
 
 	rm -Rf "${romdir}_tmp" # dirty hack, to reduce disk io later
@@ -128,17 +122,15 @@ strip_archive()
 	mkdir "${romdir}_tmp"
 
 	# Hash the rom before removing blobs
-	if [ ! -f "${romdir}/blobhashes" ]; then
+	[ -f "${romdir}/blobhashes" ] || \
 		printf "ROMs must match these hashes after blob insertion:" \
-			> "${romdir}/blobhashes"
-	fi
+		    > "${romdir}/blobhashes"
 	(
 	cd ${romdir} || err "subshell: cd"
 	sha1sum *.rom >> blobhashes || err "subshell: sha1sum"
 	)
 
-	for romfile in "${romdir}"/*.rom
-	do
+	for romfile in "${romdir}"/*.rom; do
 		strip_rom_image "${romfile}"
 	done
 }
@@ -147,9 +139,7 @@ strip_rom_image()
 {
 	romfile=${1}
 
-	if [ ! -f "${romfile}" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
+	[ -f "${romfile}" ] || continue
 
 	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN}" = "y" ]; then
 		${ifdtool} --nuke me "${romfile}" || exit 1
@@ -157,8 +147,7 @@ strip_rom_image()
 		mv "${romfile}.new" "${romfile}"
 	fi
 
-	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_MRC}" = "y" ]
-	then
+	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_MRC}" = "y" ]; then
 		${cbfstool} "${romfile}" remove -n mrc.bin || exit 1
 		${cbfstool} "${romfile}" print
 	fi
@@ -168,16 +157,12 @@ strip_rom_image()
 		${cbfstool} "${romfile}" remove -n ecfw2.bin || exit 1
 	fi
 
-	if [ "${CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW}" = "y" ]; then
+	[ "${CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW}" != "y" ] || \
 		${cbfstool} "${romfile}" remove -n sch5545_ecfw.bin || exit 1
-	fi
 
 	# TODO: replace this board-specific hack
-	if [ "${target}" = "e6400nvidia_4mb" ]; then
-		${cbfstool} "${romfile}" remove \
-			-n "pci10de,06eb.rom" \
-			|| exit 1
-	fi
+	[ "${target}" != "e6400nvidia_4mb" ] || \
+		${cbfstool} "${romfile}" remove -n "pci10de,06eb.rom" || exit 1
 }
 
 err()
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/release/src b/resources/scripts/build/release/src
index 9e5e51d7..ba09a3d3 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/release/src
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/release/src
@@ -77,12 +77,10 @@ create_release_directory()
 download_modules()
 {
 	for modname in ${trees_fetch_list}; do
-		[ ! -d "${modname}" ] && \
-		    ./fetch_trees ${modname}
+		[ ! -d "${modname}" ] && ./fetch_trees ${modname}
 	done
 	for modname in ${simple_fetch_list}; do
-		[ ! -d "${modname}/" ] && \
-		    ./fetch ${modname}
+		[ ! -d "${modname}/" ] && ./fetch ${modname}
 	done
 }
 
@@ -110,12 +108,10 @@ copy_blobs()
 	for i in t440p xx20 xx30 hp8200sff hp_ivybridge hp_sandybridge \
 	    hp8300usdt t1650; do
 		for j in ifd gbe 4_ifd 8_ifd 12_ifd 16_ifd; do
-			if [ -f "blobs/${i}/${j}.bin" ]; then
-				if [ ! -e "${srcdir}/blobs/${i}" ]; then
-					mkdir -p "${srcdir}/blobs/${i}"
-				fi
-				cp blobs/${i}/${j}.bin "${srcdir}/blobs/${i}"
-			fi
+			[ -f "blobs/${i}/${j}.bin" ] || continue
+			[ -e "${srcdir}/blobs/${i}" ] || \
+				mkdir -p "${srcdir}/blobs/${i}"
+			cp blobs/${i}/${j}.bin "${srcdir}/blobs/${i}"
 		done
 	done
 }
@@ -125,8 +121,7 @@ purge_files()
 	(
 	cd "${srcdir}/coreboot/" || err "cd1"
 	for i in *; do
-		[ ! -d "${i}" ] && \
-			continue
+		[ ! -d "${i}" ] && continue
 		(
 		cd "${i}/" || err "cd2"
 		make distclean || err "make-distclean1"
@@ -148,7 +143,7 @@ purge_files()
 
 	rm -Rf coreboot/coreboot/ || err "rm-rf1"
 	rm -Rf .git .gitignore */.git* coreboot/*/.git* \
-			coreboot/*/3rdparty/*/.git* || err "rm-rf2"
+	    coreboot/*/3rdparty/*/.git* || err "rm-rf2"
 	rm -Rf coreboot/*/util/nvidia/cbootimage/.git* || err "rm-rf3"
 	rm -Rf u-boot/u-boot/ u-boot/*/.git* || err "rm-rf4"
 	)
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/src/for b/resources/scripts/build/src/for
index 1b7c7483..032895e2 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/src/for
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/src/for
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ main()
 	[ -z "${project}" ] && err "project name not specified"
 	[ "${project}" = "ich9utils" ] && project="util/ich9utils"
 
-	[ -d "${project}" ] || ./fetch "${project}" \
-	    || err "Cannot download project, ${project}"
+	[ -d "${project}" ] || ./fetch "${project}" || \
+	    err "Cannot download project, ${project}"
 	[ -d "${project}" ] || err "Project, ${project}, not downloaded"
 
 	if [ "${project}" = "uefitool" ]; then
diff --git a/resources/scripts/handle/config/file b/resources/scripts/handle/config/file
index 6c4bd86e..bbd0ff0c 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/handle/config/file
+++ b/resources/scripts/handle/config/file
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ main()
 		target="${x}"
 		printf "Running 'make %s' for project '%s, target '%s''\n" \
 		    "${mode}" "${project}" "${target}"
-		if [ "${project}" = "coreboot" ] && [ "${mode}" = "all" ]; then
+		[ "${project}" != "coreboot" ] || [ "${mode}" != "all" ] || \
 			./update blobs download ${target} || err "blobutil"
-		fi
 		handle_defconfig || exit 1
 	done
 
@@ -166,35 +165,29 @@ check_cross_compiler()
 		    err "check_cross_compiler"
 
 	if [ "${arch}" = "x86_32" ] || [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ]; then
-		if [ ! -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/i386-elf/" ]; then
-			# Even for 64-bit machines, coreboot builds 32-bit ROM
-			# images, so we only need to worry about i386-elf
+		[ -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/i386-elf/" ] || \
 			make -C "${cbdir}" crossgcc-i386 CPUS=$(nproc) || \
 			    return 1
-		fi
 		case "$(uname -m)" in
 			x86*|i*86|amd64) : ;;
 			*) export CROSS_COMPILE=i386-elf- ;;
 		esac
 	elif [ "${arch}" = "ARMv7" ]; then
-		if [ ! -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/arm-eabi/" ]; then
+		[ -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/arm-eabi/" ] || \
 			make -C "${cbdir}" crossgcc-arm CPUS=$(nproc) || \
 			    return 1
-		fi
 		case "$(uname -m)" in
 			arm|arm32|armv6*|armv7*) : ;;
 			*) export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- ;;
 		esac
 	elif [ "${arch}" = "AArch64" ]; then
-		if [ ! -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/aarch64-elf/" ]; then
+		[ -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/aarch64-elf/" ] || \
 			make -C "${cbdir}" crossgcc-aarch64 CPUS=$(nproc) || \
 			    return 1
-		fi
 		# aarch64 also needs armv7 toolchain for arm-trusted-firmware
-		if [ ! -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/arm-eabi/" ]; then
+		[ -d "${cbdir}/util/crossgcc/xgcc/arm-eabi/" ] || \
 			make -C "${cbdir}" crossgcc-arm CPUS=$(nproc) || \
 			    return 1
-		fi
 		case "$(uname -m)" in
 			arm64|aarch64) : ;;
 			*) export CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-elf- ;;
diff --git a/resources/scripts/misc/versioncheck b/resources/scripts/misc/versioncheck
index 3118e297..01e69231 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/misc/versioncheck
+++ b/resources/scripts/misc/versioncheck
@@ -20,24 +20,20 @@
 set -u -e
 
 version="version-unknown"
-if [ -f version ]; then
-	version="$(cat version)"
-fi
+[ -f version ] && version="$(cat version)"
 version_="${version}"
 if [ -e ".git" ]; then
-	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD 2>&1)" \
-	|| version="git-$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>&1)" \
-	|| version="${version_}"
+	version="$(git describe --tags HEAD 2>&1)" || \
+	    version="git-$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>&1)" || \
+	    version="${version_}"
 	printf "%s\n" "${version}" > version
 fi
 
 versiondate="version-date-unknown"
-if [ -f versiondate ]; then
-	versiondate="$(cat versiondate)"
-fi
+[ -f versiondate ] && versiondate="$(cat versiondate)"
 versiondate_="${versiondate}"
 if [ -e ".git" ]; then
-	versiondate="$(git show --no-patch --no-notes --pretty='%ct' HEAD)" \
-	|| versiondate="${versiondate_}"
+	versiondate="$(git show --no-patch --no-notes --pretty='%ct' HEAD)" || \
+	    versiondate="${versiondate_}"
 	printf "%s\n" "${versiondate}" > versiondate
 fi
diff --git a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/download b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/download
index bac48786..cad40895 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/download
+++ b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/download
@@ -54,15 +54,13 @@ main()
 	boarddir="${cbcfgsdir}/${board}"
 
 	[ ! -d "${boarddir}" ] && \
-	    fail "Board target, ${board}, not defined"
+		fail "Board target, ${board}, not defined"
 	[ ! -f "${boarddir}/target.cfg" ] && \
-	    fail "Target missing target.cfg"
+		fail "Target missing target.cfg"
 
 	no_config="printf \"No config for target, %s\\n\" ${board} 1>&2; exit 0"
 	for x in "${boarddir}"/config/*; do
-		if [ -f "${x}" ]; then
-			no_config=""
-		fi
+		[ -f "${x}" ] && no_config=""
 	done
 	eval "${no_config}"
 	
@@ -79,34 +77,19 @@ detect_firmware()
 	. ${1} 2>/dev/null
 	. "${boarddir}/target.cfg"
 
-	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_MRC}" = "y" ]; then
-		needs="${needs} MRC"
-	fi
-	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_IFD_BIN}" = "y" ]; then
-		needs="${needs} IFD"
-	fi
-	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN}" = "y" ]; then
-		needs="${needs} ME"
-	fi
-	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_GBE_BIN}" = "y" ]; then
-		needs="${needs} GBE"
-	fi
-	if [ "${CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE}" = "y" ]; then
-		needs="${needs} EC"
-	fi
-	if [ "${CONFIG_BOARD_DELL_E6400}" = "y" ] \
-			&& [ "${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_FILE}" != "" ]; then
-		needs="${needs} E6400VGA"
-	fi
-	if [ "${CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW}" = "y" ]; then
-		needs="${needs} SCH5545EC"
-	fi
-	if [ -z ${needs+x} ]; then
-		printf 'No binary blobs needed for this board\n'
+	[ "${CONFIG_HAVE_MRC}" = "y" ] && needs="${needs} MRC"
+	[ "${CONFIG_HAVE_IFD_BIN}" = "y" ] && needs="${needs} IFD"
+	[ "${CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN}" = "y" ] && needs="${needs} ME"
+	[ "${CONFIG_HAVE_GBE_BIN}" = "y" ] && needs="${needs} GBE"
+	[ "${CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE}" = "y" ] && needs="${needs} EC"
+	[ "${CONFIG_BOARD_DELL_E6400}" = "y" ] && \
+	    [ "${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_FILE}" != "" ] && needs="${needs} E6400VGA"
+	[ "${CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW}" = "y" ] && \
+	    needs="${needs} SCH5545EC"
+	[ -z ${needs+x} ] && \
+		printf 'No binary blobs needed for this board\n' && \
 		return 1
-	fi
-	printf "Firmware needed for board '%s':\n" ${board}
-	printf "%s\n" ${needs}
+	printf "Firmware needed for board '%s':\n%s\n" ${board} ${needs}
 }
 
 scan_sources_config()
@@ -120,60 +103,46 @@ scan_sources_config()
 		case ${line} in
 		EC_url_bkup*)
 			set ${line}
-			ec_url_bkup=${2}
-			;;
+			ec_url_bkup=${2} ;;
 		EC_url*)
 			set ${line}
-			ec_url=${2}
-			;;
+			ec_url=${2} ;;
 		EC_hash*)
 			set ${line}
-			ec_hash=${2}
-			;;
+			ec_hash=${2} ;;
 		DL_hash*)
 			set ${line}
-			dl_hash=${2}
-			;;
+			dl_hash=${2} ;;
 		DL_url_bkup*)
 			set ${line}
-			dl_url_bkup=${2}
-			;;
+			dl_url_bkup=${2} ;;
 		DL_url*)
 			set ${line}
-			dl_url=${2}
-			;;
+			dl_url=${2} ;;
 		E6400_VGA_DL_hash*)
 			set ${line}
-			e6400_vga_dl_hash=${2}
-			;;
+			e6400_vga_dl_hash=${2} ;;
 		E6400_VGA_DL_url_bkup*)
 			set ${line}
-			e6400_vga_dl_url_bkup=${2}
-			;;
+			e6400_vga_dl_url_bkup=${2} ;;
 		E6400_VGA_DL_url*)
 			set ${line}
-			e6400_vga_dl_url=${2}
-			;;
+			e6400_vga_dl_url=${2} ;;
 		E6400_VGA_offset*)
 			set ${line}
-			e6400_vga_offset=${2}
-			;;
+			e6400_vga_offset=${2} ;;
 		E6400_VGA_romname*)
 			set ${line}
-			e6400_vga_romname=${2}
-			;;
+			e6400_vga_romname=${2} ;;
 		SCH5545EC_DL_hash*)
 			set ${line}
-			sch5545ec_dl_hash=${2}
-			;;
+			sch5545ec_dl_hash=${2} ;;
 		SCH5545EC_DL_url_bkup*)
 			set ${line}
-			sch5545ec_dl_url_bkup=${2}
-			;;
+			sch5545ec_dl_url_bkup=${2} ;;
 		SCH5545EC_DL_url*)
 			set ${line}
-			sch5545ec_dl_url=${2}
-			;;
+			sch5545ec_dl_url=${2} ;;
 		esac
 	done << EOF
 	$(eval "awk '${awkstr}' resources/blobs/sources")
@@ -182,44 +151,18 @@ EOF
 
 build_dependencies()
 {
-	if [ ! -d me_cleaner ]; then
-		printf "downloading me_cleaner\n"
-		./fetch me_cleaner || fail "could not download me_cleaner"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -d ${cbdir} ]; then
-		printf "downloading coreboot\n"
-		./fetch_trees coreboot default \
-				|| fail "could not download coreboot"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -d bios_extract ]; then
-		printf "downloading bios_extract\n"
-		./fetch bios_extract \
-				|| fail "could not download bios_extract"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -d biosutilities ]; then
-		printf "downloading biosutilities\n"
-		./fetch biosutilities \
-				|| fail "could not download biosutilities"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -d uefitool ]; then
-		printf "download uefitool (for UEFIExtract)\n"
-		./fetch uefitool \
-				|| fail "could not download uefitool"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -f uefitool/uefiextract ]; then
-		./build src for -b uefitool \
-				|| fail "could not build uefitool"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -f ${cbdir}/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_dump ]; then
-		printf "Building kbc1126_ec_dump from coreboot\n"
-		make -BC ${cbdir}/util/kbc1126 \
-				|| fail "could not build kbc1126_ec_dump"
-	fi
-	if [ ! -f "${cbdir}/util/ifdtool/ifdtool" ]; then
-		printf "building ifdtool from coreboot\n"
-		make -C ${cbdir}/util/ifdtool \
-				|| fail 'could not build ifdtool'
-	fi
+	[ -d ${cbdir} ] || \
+		./fetch_trees coreboot ${cbdir##*/} || \
+		    fail "can't download to ${cbdir}"
+	for d in uefitool biosutilities bios_extract me_cleaner; do
+		[ -d "${d}" ] && continue
+		./fetch ${d} || fail "can't download ${d}"
+	done
+	[ -f uefitool/uefiextract ] || \
+		./build src for -b uefitool || fail "can't build uefitool"
+	[ -f ${cbdir}/util/kbc1126/kbc1126_ec_dump ] || \
+		make -BC ${cbdir}/util/kbc1126 || \
+		    fail "can't build kbc1126_ec_dump"
 }
 
 download_blobs()
@@ -227,26 +170,20 @@ download_blobs()
 	for need in ${needs}; do
 		case ${need} in
 		*ME*)
-			download_blob_intel_me || _failed="${_failed} me"
-			;;
+			download_blob_intel_me || _failed="${_failed} me" ;;
 		*SCH5545EC*)
-			download_sch5545ec || failed="${_failed} sch5545ec"
-			;;
+			download_sch5545ec || failed="${_failed} sch5545ec" ;;
 		*EC*)
-			download_ec || _failed="${_failed} ec"
-			;;
+			download_ec || _failed="${_failed} ec" ;;
 		*E6400VGA*)
-			download_e6400vga || _failed="${_failed} e6400vga"
-			;;
+			download_e6400vga || _failed="${_failed} e6400vga" ;;
 		*MRC*)
-			./update blobs mrc || _failed="${_failed} mrc"
-			;;
+			./update blobs mrc || _failed="${_failed} mrc" ;;
 		esac
 	done
 	
-	if [ ! -z ${_failed+x} ]; then
+	[ -z ${_failed+x} ] || \
 		fail "failed to obtain ${_failed}\nTry manual extraction?"
-	fi
 }
 
 download_blob_intel_me()
@@ -263,12 +200,10 @@ extract_blob_intel_me()
 
 	_me_destination=${CONFIG_ME_BIN_PATH#../../}
 
-	if [ ! -d "${_me_destination%/*}" ]; then
+	[ -d "${_me_destination%/*}" ] || \
 		mkdir -p ${_me_destination%/*}
-	fi
-	if [ -d "${appdir}" ]; then
-		rm -r ${appdir}
-	fi
+	[ -d "${appdir}" ] && \
+		rm -Rf ${appdir}
 	if [ -f "${_me_destination}" ]; then
 		printf 'me already downloaded\n'
 		return 0
@@ -276,14 +211,13 @@ extract_blob_intel_me()
 
 	printf "Extracting and stripping Intel ME firmware\n"
 
-	innoextract ${dl_path} -d ${appdir} \
-	|| 7z x ${dl_path} -o${appdir} \
-	|| unar "${dl_path}" -o "${appdir}" \
-		|| fail 'Could not extract vendor update' 
+	innoextract ${dl_path} -d ${appdir} || \
+	    7z x ${dl_path} -o${appdir} || \
+	    unar "${dl_path}" -o "${appdir}" || \
+	    fail "Could not extract vendor update"
 
 	bruteforce_extract_blob_intel_me "$(pwd)/${_me_destination}" \
-			"$(pwd)/${appdir}" \
-		|| fail "Could not extract Intel ME firmware"
+	    "$(pwd)/${appdir}" || fail "Could not extract Intel ME firmware"
 
 	printf "Truncated and cleaned me output to ${_me_destination}\n"
 }
@@ -294,9 +228,7 @@ bruteforce_extract_blob_intel_me()
 	_me_destination="${1}"
 	cdir="${2}" # must be an absolute path, not relative
 
-	if [ -f "${_me_destination}" ]; then
-		return 0
-	fi
+	[ -f "${_me_destination}" ] && return 0
 
 	sdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 	mkdir -p "${sdir}" || return 1
@@ -321,9 +253,9 @@ bruteforce_extract_blob_intel_me()
 				&& break # (we found me.bin)
 			_7ztest="${_7ztest}a"
 			7z x "${i}" -o${_7ztest} \
-				|| innoextract "${i}" -d  "${_7ztest}" \
-				|| unar "${i}" -o "${_7ztest}" \
-				|| continue
+			    || innoextract "${i}" -d  "${_7ztest}" \
+			    || unar "${i}" -o "${_7ztest}" \
+			    || continue
 			bruteforce_extract_blob_intel_me "${_me_destination}" \
 					"${cdir}/${_7ztest}"
 		elif [ -d "$i" ]; then
@@ -351,21 +283,19 @@ download_ec()
 	printf "Downloading KBC1126 EC firmware for HP laptop\n"
 
 	fetch_update ec || return 1
-	extract_ec || return 1
+	extract_blob_kbc1126_ec || return 1
 }
 
-extract_ec()
+extract_blob_kbc1126_ec()
 {
 	printf "Extracting KBC1126 EC firmware for board: %s\n" ${board}
 
 	_ec_destination=${CONFIG_KBC1126_FW1#../../}
 
-	if [ ! -d "${_ec_destination%/*}" ]; then
+	[ -d "${_ec_destination%/*}" ] || \
 		mkdir -p "${_ec_destination%/*}"
-	fi
-	if [ -d "${appdir}" ]; then
+	[ -d "${appdir}" ] && \
 		rm -Rf "${appdir}"
-	fi
 	if [ -f "${_ec_destination}" ]; then
 		printf "ec already downloaded\n"
 		return 0
@@ -383,23 +313,15 @@ extract_ec()
 		    unar -D 68*.CAB Rom.bin
 		mv Rom.bin ec.bin
 	fi
-	if [ ! -f ec.bin ]; then
-		printf "could not extract ec.bin for board '%s'" ${board} \
-			1>&2
-		fail "aborting the build. please audit lbmk carefully."
-	fi
 
+	[ -f ec.bin ] || fail "could not extract ec.bin for board, ${board}"
 	"${kbc1126_ec_dump}" ec.bin
 	)
 
 	for i in 1 2; do
-		if [ -f "${appdir}/${dl_path##*/}/ec.bin.fw${i}" ]; then
-			continue
-		fi
-		printf "Not found: %s/%s/ec.bin.fw%s\n" \
-				${appdir} ${dl_path##*/} ${i}
+		[ -f "${appdir}/${dl_path##*/}/ec.bin.fw${i}" ] && continue
 		printf "Could not extract EC firmware for: %s\n" \
-				${board}
+		    ${board}
 		return 1
 	done
 
@@ -424,12 +346,10 @@ extract_e6400vga()
 		printf 'vga rom already downloaded\n'
 		return 0
 	fi
-	if [ ! -d "${_vga_destination%/*}" ]; then
+	[ -d "${_vga_destination%/*}" ] || \
 		mkdir -p ${_vga_destination%/*}
-	fi	
-	if [ -d "${appdir}" ]; then
-		rm -r ${appdir}
-	fi
+	[ -d "${appdir}" ] && \
+		rm -Rf ${appdir}
 
 	mkdir -p "${appdir}"
 	mv "${dl_path}" "${appdir}"
@@ -446,13 +366,11 @@ extract_e6400vga()
 	cd "${appdir}"
 	tail -c +${e6400_vga_offset} "${dl_path##*/}" \
 			| gunzip > bios.bin
-	if [ ! -f "bios.bin" ]; then
-		fail 'Could not extract bios.bin from Dell E6400 update'
-	fi
+	[ -f "bios.bin" ] || \
+		fail "Could not extract bios.bin from Dell E6400 update"
 	"${e6400_unpack}" bios.bin || printf "TODO: fix dell extract util\n"
-	if [ ! -f "${e6400_vga_romname}" ]; then
-		fail 'Could not extract VGA ROM from Dell E6400 BIOS update'
-	fi
+	[ -f "${e6400_vga_romname}" ] || \
+		fail "Could not extract VGA ROM from Dell E6400 BIOS update"
 	)
 
 	cp "${appdir}"/"${e6400_vga_romname}" "${_vga_destination}"
@@ -482,11 +400,9 @@ extract_sch5545ec()
 		return 0
 	fi
 
-	if [ -d "${appdir}" ]; then
-		rm -Rf "${appdir}"
-	fi
-	mkdir -p "${appdir}/"
+	[ -d "${appdir}" ] rm -Rf "${appdir}"
 
+	mkdir -p "${appdir}/"
 	cp "${dl_path}" "${appdir}/"
 	python "${pfs_extract}" "${appdir}/${dlsum}" -e || exit 1
 
@@ -545,9 +461,7 @@ fetch_update()
 	dl_fail="y"
 	vendor_checksum ${dlsum} && dl_fail="n"
 	for x in "${dl}" "${dl_bkup}"; do
-		if [ "${dl_fail}" = "n" ]; then
-			break
-		fi
+		[ "${dl_fail}" = "n" ] && break
 		rm -f "${dl_path}"
 		wget -U "${agent}" ${x} -O ${dl_path}
 		vendor_checksum ${dlsum} && dl_fail="n"
diff --git a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/extract b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/extract
index ad11afb4..6b18e962 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/extract
+++ b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/extract
@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@ _ifd_destination=""
 main()
 {
 	sname=${0}
-	if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
-		fail "Missing arguments (less than two)."
-	fi
+	[ $# -lt 2 ] && fail "Missing arguments (fewer than two)."
 
 	board="${1}"
 	vendor_rom="${2}"
-
 	boarddir="${cbcfgsdir}/${board}"
 
 	check_board
@@ -45,39 +42,22 @@ main()
 
 check_board()
 {
-	if [ ! -f "${vendor_rom}" ] ; then
+	[ -f "${vendor_rom}" ] || \
 		fail "file does not exist: ${vendor_rom}"
-	elif [ ! -d "${boarddir}" ]; then
+	[ -d "${boarddir}" ] || \
 		fail "build/roms ${board}: target not defined"
-	elif [ ! -f "${boarddir}/target.cfg" ]; then
+	[ -f "${boarddir}/target.cfg" ] || \
 		fail "build/roms ${board}: missing target.cfg"
-	fi
 }
 
 build_dependencies()
 {
-	if [ ! -d me_cleaner ]; then
-		printf "downloading me_cleaner\n"
-		./fetch me_cleaner || fail 'could not download me_cleaner'
-	else
-		printf "me_cleaner already downloaded. Skipping.\n"
-		printf "run ./fetch me_cleaner to manually overwrite\n"
-	fi
-
-	if [ ! -d ${cbdir} ]; then
-		printf "downloading coreboot\n"
-		./fetch_trees coreboot default \
-				|| fail "could not download coreboot"
-	else
-		printf "coreboot already downloaded. Skipping.\n"
-		printf "run ./fetch_trees coreboot to manually overwrite\n"
-	fi
-
-	if ! [ -f ${ifdtool} ]; then
-		printf "building ifdtool from coreboot\n"
-		make -C "${ifdtool%/ifdtool}" \
-				|| fail "could not build ifdtool"
-	fi
+	[ -d me_cleaner ] || \
+		./fetch me_cleaner || fail "can't fetch me_cleaner"
+	[ -d ${cbdir} ] || \
+		./fetch_trees coreboot default || fail "can't fetch coreboot"
+	[ -f ${ifdtool} ] || \
+		make -C "${ifdtool%/ifdtool}" || fail "can't build ifdtool"
 }
 
 extract_blobs()
@@ -88,10 +68,8 @@ extract_blobs()
 	. ${1} 2>/dev/null
 	. "${boarddir}/target.cfg"
 
-	if [ "$CONFIG_HAVE_MRC" = "y" ]; then
-		printf 'haswell board detected, downloading mrc\n'
+	[ "$CONFIG_HAVE_MRC" != "y" ] || \
 		./update blobs mrc || fail "could not download mrc"
-	fi
 
 	_me_destination=${CONFIG_ME_BIN_PATH#../../}
 	_gbe_destination=${CONFIG_GBE_BIN_PATH#../../}
@@ -103,13 +81,9 @@ extract_blobs()
 	# Cleans up other files extracted with ifdtool
 	rm -f flashregion*.bin 2> /dev/null
 
-	if [ -f ${_ifd_destination} ]; then
-		printf "gbe, ifd, and me extracted to %s\n" \
-				${_me_destination%/*}
-	else
-		printf "WARNING: Intel firmware descriptor could not "
-		printf "be extracted with modified me\n"
-	fi
+	[ -f ${_ifd_destination} ] || fail "Could not extract IFD"
+	printf "gbe, ifd, and me extracted to %s\n" \
+	    ${_me_destination%/*}
 }
 
 extract_blob_intel_me()
@@ -117,25 +91,23 @@ extract_blob_intel_me()
 	printf "extracting clean ime and modified ifd\n"
 
 	${mecleaner} -D ${_ifd_destination} \
-			-M ${_me_destination} ${vendor_rom} -t -r -S \
-	|| ${me7updateparser} \
-			-O ${_me_destination} ${vendor_rom} \
-	|| fail \
-			"me_cleaner failed to extract blobs from rom"
+		-M ${_me_destination} ${vendor_rom} -t -r -S || \
+	    ${me7updateparser} \
+		-O ${_me_destination} ${vendor_rom} || \
+	    fail "me_cleaner failed to extract blobs from rom"
 }
 
 extract_blob_intel_gbe_nvm()
 {
 	printf "extracting gigabit ethernet firmware"
 	./${ifdtool} -x ${vendor_rom}
-	mv flashregion*gbe.bin ${_gbe_destination} \
-			|| fail 'could not extract gbe'
+	mv flashregion*gbe.bin ${_gbe_destination} || \
+	    fail 'could not extract gbe'
 }
 
 fail()
 {
 	print_help
-
 	printf "\n%s: ERROR: %s\n" ${sname} $@
 	exit 1 
 }
diff --git a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/inject b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/inject
index 649b865d..696cd74d 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/inject
+++ b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/inject
@@ -41,12 +41,8 @@ main()
 {
 	sname="${0}"
 
-	if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-		fail "No options specified."
-	elif [ "${1}" = "listboards" ]; then
-		listboards
-		exit 0
-	fi
+	[ $# -lt 1 ] && fail "No options specified."
+	[ "${1}" = "listboards" ] && listboards && exit 0
 
 	archive="${1}"
 
@@ -54,15 +50,12 @@ main()
 	do
 		case "${option}" in
 		r)
-			rom=${OPTARG}
-			;;
+			rom=${OPTARG} ;;
 		b)
-			board=${OPTARG}
-			;;
+			board=${OPTARG} ;;
 		m)
 			modifygbe=true
-			new_mac=${OPTARG}
-			;;
+			new_mac=${OPTARG} ;;
 		esac
 	done
 
@@ -78,39 +71,29 @@ main()
 check_board()
 {
 	if ! check_release ${archive} ; then
-		if [ ! -f "${rom}" ]; then
+		[ -f "${rom}" ] || \
 			fail "${rom} is not a valid path"
-		elif [ -z ${rom+x} ]; then
+		[ -z ${rom+x} ] && \
 			fail 'no rom specified'
-		elif [ -z ${board+x} ]; then
-			board=$(detect_board ${rom}) \
-					|| fail 'no board specified'
-		fi
+		[ ! -z ${board+x} ] || \
+			board=$(detect_board ${rom}) || \
+			    fail 'no board specified'
 	else
 		release=true
 		releasearchive="${archive}"
-		board=$(detect_board ${archive}) \
-				|| fail 'Could not detect board type'
+		board=$(detect_board ${archive}) || \
+		    fail 'Could not detect board type'
 	fi
 
 	boarddir="${cbcfgsdir}/${board}"
-	if [ ! -d "${boarddir}" ]; then
-		fail "board ${board} not found"
-	fi
+	[ -d "${boarddir}" ] || fail "board ${board} not found"
 }
 
 check_release()
 {
-	if [ ! -f "${archive}" ]; then
-		return 1
-	fi
-
-	if [ "${archive##*.}" = "xz" ]; then
-		printf "%s\n" "Release archive ${archive} detected"
-		return 0
-	else
-		return 1
-	fi
+	[ -f "${archive}" ] || return 1
+	[ "${archive##*.}" = "xz" ] || return 1
+	printf "%s\n" "Release archive ${archive} detected"
 }
 
 # This function tries to determine the board from the filename of the rom.
@@ -121,38 +104,25 @@ detect_board()
 	filename=$(basename ${path})
 	case ${filename} in
 	grub_*)
-		board=$(echo "${filename}" | cut -d '_' -f2-3)
-		;;
+		board=$(echo "${filename}" | cut -d '_' -f2-3) ;;
 	seabios_withgrub_*)
-		board=$(echo "${filename}" | cut -d '_' -f3-4)
-		;;
+		board=$(echo "${filename}" | cut -d '_' -f3-4) ;;
 	*.tar.xz)
 		_stripped_prefix=${filename#*_}
-		board="${_stripped_prefix%.tar.xz}"
-		;;
+		board="${_stripped_prefix%.tar.xz}" ;;
 	*)
 		return 1
 	esac	
-
-	if [ -d "${boarddir}/" ]; then
-		printf '%s\n' "${board}"
-		return 0
-	else
-		return 1
-	fi
+	[ -d "${boarddir}/" ] || return 1
+	printf '%s\n' "${board}"
 }
 
 build_dependencies()
 {
-	if [ ! -d ${cbdir} ]; then
-		printf "downloading coreboot\n"
-		./fetch_trees coreboot default
-	fi
-
+	[ -d "${cbdir}" ] || ./fetch_trees coreboot default
 	./build coreboot utils default || fail "could not build cbutils"
-
 	./update blobs download ${board} || \
-			fail "Could not download blobs for ${board}"
+	    fail "Could not download blobs for ${board}"
 }
 
 inject_blobs()
@@ -188,12 +158,9 @@ patch_release_roms()
 		done
 	fi
 
-	if ! [ -d bin/release ]; then
-		mkdir -p bin/release
-	fi
-
+	[ -d bin/release ] || mkdir -p bin/release
 	mv ${_tmpdir}/bin/* bin/release/ && \
-	printf '%s\n' 'Success! Your ROMs are in bin/release'
+	    printf '%s\n' 'Success! Your ROMs are in bin/release'
 
 	rm -r "${_tmpdir}"
 }
@@ -206,31 +173,20 @@ patch_rom()
 	. ${1} 2>/dev/null
 	. "${boarddir}/target.cfg"
 
-	if [ "$CONFIG_HAVE_MRC" = "y" ]; then
+	[ "$CONFIG_HAVE_MRC" = "y" ] && \
 		inject_blob_intel_mrc "${rom}"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "${CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN}" = "y" ]; then
+	[ "${CONFIG_HAVE_ME_BIN}" = "y" ] && \
 		inject_blob_intel_me "${rom}"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "${CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE}" = "y" ]; then
+	[ "${CONFIG_KBC1126_FIRMWARE}" = "y" ] && \
 		inject_blob_hp_kbc1126_ec "${rom}"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_FILE}" != "" ] \
-				&& [ "${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ID}" != "" ]; then
+	[ "${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_FILE}" != "" ] && \
+	    [ "${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ID}" != "" ] && \
 		inject_blob_dell_e6400_vgarom_nvidia
-	fi
-
-	if [ "${CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW}" = "y" ] \
-	    && [ "${CONFIG_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW_FILE}" != "" ]; then
+	[ "${CONFIG_INCLUDE_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW}" = "y" ] && \
+	    [ "${CONFIG_SMSC_SCH5545_EC_FW_FILE}" != "" ] && \
 		inject_blob_smsc_sch5545_ec "${rom}"
-	fi
-
-	if [ "${modifygbe}" = "true" ] && ! [ "${release}" = "true" ]; then
+	[ "${modifygbe}" = "true" ] && ! [ "${release}" = "true" ] && \
 		modify_gbe ${rom}
-	fi
 }
 
 inject_blob_intel_mrc()
@@ -266,16 +222,12 @@ inject_blob_intel_me()
 	printf 'adding intel management engine\n'
 
 	rom="${1}"
-
-	if [ -z ${CONFIG_ME_BIN_PATH} ]; then
+	[ -z ${CONFIG_ME_BIN_PATH} ] && \
 		fail "CONFIG_ME_BIN_PATH not set"
-	fi
 
 	_me_location=${CONFIG_ME_BIN_PATH#../../}
-
-	if [ ! -f "${_me_location}" ]; then
+	[ ! -f "${_me_location}" ] && \
 		fail "CONFIG_ME_BIN_PATH points to missing file"
-	fi
 
 	${ifdtool} -i me:${_me_location} ${rom} -O ${rom} || exit 1
 }
@@ -293,23 +245,23 @@ inject_blob_hp_kbc1126_ec()
 
 	if [ "${_ec1_offset}" = "" ] || [ "${_ec1_offset}" = "" ]; then
 		printf "EC offsets not declared for board: %s\n" \
-				"${board}"
+		    "${board}"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 	if [ "${_ec1_location}" = "" ] || [ "${_ec2_location}" = "" ]; then
 		printf "EC firmware path not declared for board: %s\n" \
-				"${board}"
+		    "${board}"
 	fi
 	if [ ! -f "${_ec1_location}" ] || [ ! -f "${_ec2_location}" ]; then
 		printf "EC firmware not downloaded for board: %s\n" \
-				"${board}"
+		    "${board}"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
 	${cbfstool} "${rom}" add -f ${_ec1_location} -n ecfw1.bin \
-			-b ${_ec1_offset} -t raw || exit 1
+	    -b ${_ec1_offset} -t raw || exit 1
 	${cbfstool} "${rom}" add -f ${_ec2_location} -n ecfw2.bin \
-			-b ${_ec2_offset} -t raw || exit 1
+	    -b ${_ec2_offset} -t raw || exit 1
 }
 
 inject_blob_dell_e6400_vgarom_nvidia()
@@ -332,8 +284,8 @@ inject_blob_dell_e6400_vgarom_nvidia()
 	fi
 
 	${cbfstool} ${rom} add -f "${_vga_location}" \
-		-n "pci${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ID}.rom" \
-		-t optionrom || exit 1
+	    -n "pci${CONFIG_VGA_BIOS_ID}.rom" \
+	    -t optionrom || exit 1
 }
 
 inject_blob_smsc_sch5545_ec()
@@ -357,27 +309,22 @@ modify_gbe()
 
 	rom=${1}
 
-	if [ -z ${CONFIG_GBE_BIN_PATH} ]; then
+	[ -z ${CONFIG_GBE_BIN_PATH} ] && \
 		fail "CONFIG_GBE_BIN_PATH not set"
-	fi
 
 	_gbe_location=${CONFIG_GBE_BIN_PATH#../../}
 
-	if [ ! -f "${_gbe_location}" ]; then
+	[ -f "${_gbe_location}" ] || \
 		fail "CONFIG_GBE_BIN_PATH points to missing file"
-	fi
-
-	if [ ! -f ${nvmutil} ]; then
+	[ -f ${nvmutil} ] || \
 		make -C util/nvmutil || fail 'failed to build nvmutil'
-	fi
 
 	_gbe_tmp=$(mktemp -t gbeXXXX.bin)
 	cp ${_gbe_location} ${_gbe_tmp}
-	${nvmutil} "${_gbe_tmp}" setmac ${new_mac} \
-			|| fail 'failed to modify mac address'
+	${nvmutil} "${_gbe_tmp}" setmac ${new_mac} || \
+	    fail 'failed to modify mac address'
 
-	${ifdtool} -i GbE:${_gbe_tmp} "${rom}" \
-			-O "${rom}" || exit 1
+	${ifdtool} -i GbE:${_gbe_tmp} "${rom}" -O "${rom}" || exit 1
 
 	rm -f ${_gbe_tmp}
 }
@@ -385,7 +332,7 @@ modify_gbe()
 listboards()
 {
 	for boarddir in ${cbcfgsdir}/*; do
-		if [ ! -d "${boarddir}" ]; then continue; fi
+		[ -d "${boarddir}" ] || continue
 		board="${boarddir##${cbcfgsdir}/}"
 		board="${board%/}"
 		printf '%s\n' "${board##*/}"
@@ -394,10 +341,8 @@ listboards()
 
 fail()
 {
-	if [ ! -z ${@+x} ]; then
+	[ -z ${@+x} ] || \
 		printf "\n%s: ERROR: ${@}\n" ${sname}
-	fi
-
 	usage
 	exit 1
 }
diff --git a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/mrc b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/mrc
index 8213e6c1..14a1d2b6 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/update/blobs/mrc
+++ b/resources/scripts/update/blobs/mrc
@@ -57,25 +57,19 @@ main()
 
 check_existing()
 {
-	if [ ! -f ${_mrc_complete} ]; then
+	[ -f ${_mrc_complete} ] || \
 		return 1
-	fi
-	printf 'found existing mrc.bin, checking its hash\n'
-	if [ "$(sha1sum ${_mrc_complete} | awk '{print $1}')" \
-			= "${_mrc_complete_hash}" ]; then
-		printf 'checksums matched, skipping downloading\n'
+	printf 'found existing mrc.bin\n'
+	[ "$(sha1sum ${_mrc_complete} | awk '{print $1}')" \
+	    = "${_mrc_complete_hash}" ] && \
 		return 0
-	else
-		printf 'hashes did not match, starting over\n'
-		return 1
-	fi
+	printf 'hashes did not match, starting over\n'
+	return 1
 }
 
 build_dependencies()
 {
-	if [ ! -d "${cbdir}/" ]; then
-	    ./fetch_trees coreboot default || return 1
-	fi
+	[ -d "${cbdir}/" ] || ./fetch_trees coreboot default || return 1
 	./build coreboot utils default || return 1
 	return 0
 }
@@ -88,23 +82,20 @@ fetch_mrc()
 	cd mrc/haswell/
 
 	download_image ${_url} ${_file} ${_sha1sum}
-	if [ ! -f ${_file} ]; then
+	[ -f ${_file} ] || \
 		download_image ${_url2} ${_file} ${_sha1sum}
-	fi
-	if [ ! -f $_file ]; then
+	[ -f $_file ] || \
 		fail "%{_file} not downloaded / verification failed."
-	fi
 
 	extract_partition ROOT-A ${_file} root-a.ext2
 	extract_shellball root-a.ext2 chromeos-firmwareupdate-${_board}
 
 	extract_coreboot chromeos-firmwareupdate-${_board}
 
-	../../${cbfstool} coreboot-*.bin extract -f mrc.bin \
-			-n mrc.bin -r RO_SECTION \
-					|| fail "Could not fetch mrc.bin"
+	../../${cbfstool} coreboot-*.bin extract -f mrc.bin -n mrc.bin \
+	    -r RO_SECTION || fail "Could not fetch mrc.bin"
 	rm -f "chromeos-firmwareupdate-${_board}" coreboot-*.bin \
-			"${_file}" "root-a.ext2"
+	    "${_file}" "root-a.ext2"
 
 	printf "\n\nmrc.bin saved to ${_mrc_complete}\n\n"
 	)
@@ -118,19 +109,18 @@ download_image()
 	_file=${2}
 	_sha1sum=${3}
 
-	echo "Downloading recovery image"
+	printf "Downloading recovery image\n"
 	curl "$url" > "$_file.zip"
+	printf "Verifying recovery image checksum\n"
 	if [ "$(sha1sum ${_file}.zip | awk '{print $1}')" = "${_sha1sum}" ]
 	then
 		unzip -q "${_file}.zip"
 		rm "${_file}.zip"
-		echo "Checksum verification passed for recovery image."
 		return 0
-	else
-		rm "${_file}.zip"
-		echo "Bad checksum. Recovery image deleted."
-		return 1
 	fi
+	rm "${_file}.zip"
+	printf "Bad checksum. Recovery image deleted.\n"
+	return 1
 }
 
 extract_partition()
@@ -140,15 +130,15 @@ extract_partition()
 	ROOTFS=${3}
 	_bs=1024
 
-	echo "Extracting ROOT-A partition"
+	printf "Extracting ROOT-A partition\n"
 	ROOTP=$( printf "unit\nB\nprint\nquit\n" | \
-		 parted ${FILE} 2>/dev/null | grep ${NAME} )
+	    parted ${FILE} 2>/dev/null | grep ${NAME} )
 
 	START=$(( $( echo ${ROOTP} | cut -f2 -d\ | tr -d "B" ) ))
 	SIZE=$(( $( echo ${ROOTP} | cut -f4 -d\ | tr -d "B" ) ))
 
 	dd if=${FILE} of=${ROOTFS} bs=${_bs} skip=$(( ${START} / ${_bs} )) \
-		count=$(( ${SIZE} / ${_bs} ))  > /dev/null
+	    count=$(( ${SIZE} / ${_bs} )) > /dev/null
 }
 
 extract_shellball()
@@ -156,9 +146,9 @@ extract_shellball()
 	ROOTFS=${1}
 	SHELLBALL=${2}
 
-	echo "Extracting chromeos-firmwareupdate"
+	printf "Extracting chromeos-firmwareupdate\n"
 	printf "cd /usr/sbin\ndump chromeos-firmwareupdate ${SHELLBALL}\nquit" \
-		| debugfs ${ROOTFS} > /dev/null 2>&1
+	    | debugfs ${ROOTFS} > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 extract_coreboot()
@@ -166,11 +156,11 @@ extract_coreboot()
 	_shellball=${1}
 	_unpacked=$( mktemp -d )
 
-	echo "Extracting coreboot image"
+	printf "Extracting coreboot image\n"
 	sh ${_shellball} --unpack ${_unpacked} > /dev/null
 
 	_version=$( cat ${_unpacked}/VERSION | grep BIOS\ version: | \
-			cut -f2 -d: | tr -d \  )
+	    cut -f2 -d: | tr -d \  )
 
 	cp ${_unpacked}/bios.bin coreboot-${_version}.bin
 	rm -r "${_unpacked}"