diff --git a/bundled-tools-can-execute/test.sh b/bundled-tools-can-execute/test.sh
index aa08ab04..449ed02d 100755
--- a/bundled-tools-can-execute/test.sh
+++ b/bundled-tools-can-execute/test.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ for tool in "${!tools[@]}"; do
   # Ignore the exit code because 'dotnet user-secrets' has a non-zero exit for '--help'.
   output=$(dotnet "${tool}" --help 2>&1) || true
 
-  if echo "${output}" | grep -q "${expected}"; then
+  if grep -q "${expected}" <<< "${output}"; then
     echo "PASS: dotnet ${tool} --help"
   else
     echo "FAIL: dotnet ${tool} --help did not contain '${expected}'"
diff --git a/use-current-runtime/test.sh b/use-current-runtime/test.sh
index 86907c7b..a6383ab6 100755
--- a/use-current-runtime/test.sh
+++ b/use-current-runtime/test.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ PORTABLE_RID="$(../runtime-id --portable)"
 
 DOTNET_BUILD_OUTPUT=$(dotnet build --use-current-runtime)
 
-# grep -q can exit early, making the other proceses in the pipe report a
-# SIGPIPE, so consume the rest of the output with cat to avoid the SIGPIPE
-if echo "$DOTNET_BUILD_OUTPUT" | { grep -q "RuntimeIdentifier is $PORTABLE_RID"; cat >/dev/null; } then
+if grep -q "RuntimeIdentifier is $PORTABLE_RID" <<< "$DOTNET_BUILD_OUTPUT"; then
     echo "PASS: --use-current-runtime uses portable rid."
 else
     echo "FAIL: --use-current-runtime does not use portable rid."