diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 65fc23c..c147248 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ install:
 
 script:
  - source ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/.travis/$TRAVIS_OS_NAME/$BLAS_LIB/test.sh
- - test -z "`gofmt -d .`"
+ - test -z "$(gofmt -d .)"
  # This is run last since it alters the tree.
  - ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}/.travis/check-generate.sh
diff --git a/.travis/test-coverage.sh b/.travis/test-coverage.sh
index c143abf..7df8aa6 100755
--- a/.travis/test-coverage.sh
+++ b/.travis/test-coverage.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-PROFILE_OUT=`pwd`/profile.out
-ACC_OUT=`pwd`/acc.out
+PROFILE_OUT=$PWD/profile.out
+ACC_OUT=$PWD/acc.out
 
 testCover() {
 	# set the return value to 0 (succesful)