diff --git a/ci_testing/addons_cpu.sh b/ci_testing/addons_cpu.sh
index 28411ef77c..8104575015 100644
--- a/ci_testing/addons_cpu.sh
+++ b/ci_testing/addons_cpu.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ echo ""
 export CC_OPT_FLAGS='-mavx'
 export TF_NEED_CUDA=0 # TODO: Verify this is used in GPU custom-op
 
-export PYTHON_BIN_PATH=`which python`
+export PYTHON_BIN_PATH=$(which python)
 # Use default configuration here.
 yes 'y' | ./configure.sh
 
diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 8c4856c078..4036fea330 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ function write_action_env_to_bazelrc() {
   write_to_bazelrc "build --action_env $1=\"$2\""
 }
 
+
 [[ -f .bazelrc ]] && rm .bazelrc
 pip install $QUIET_FLAG -r requirements.txt