diff --git a/examples/bin/java-util b/examples/bin/java-util
index 84c8bd25499..3732a8e55c0 100755
--- a/examples/bin/java-util
+++ b/examples/bin/java-util
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ get_java_bin_dir() {
     elif [ ! -z "$(command -v java)" ]; then
       # Strip /java from the location of where java is installed
       JAVA_ON_PATH="$(command -v java)"
-      echo -n "${JAVA_ON_PATH%/java}"
+      printf "${JAVA_ON_PATH%/java}"
     else
       printf ""
     fi
diff --git a/examples/bin/verify-java b/examples/bin/verify-java
index c8dcd19d8de..0a48d251808 100755
--- a/examples/bin/verify-java
+++ b/examples/bin/verify-java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if ($skip_var && $skip_var ne "0" && $skip_var ne "false" && $skip_var ne "f") {
 }
 
 my $cwd =  dirname(__FILE__);
-my $java_bin_dir = `source $cwd/java-util && get_java_bin_dir 2>&1`;
+my $java_bin_dir = `. $cwd/java-util && get_java_bin_dir 2>&1`;
 
 # If we could not find java
 if ($java_bin_dir eq "") {