diff --git a/hack/common.sh b/hack/common.sh
index b134bac132..77207ec395 100755
--- a/hack/common.sh
+++ b/hack/common.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KOPS_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/.. >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+TOOLS_BIN="${KOPS_ROOT}/_output/bin"
+export KOPS_ROOT TOOLS_BIN
 
 kube::util::array_contains() {
   local search="$1"
diff --git a/hack/update-bazel.sh b/hack/update-bazel.sh
index 15a88f3450..bb165423d6 100755
--- a/hack/update-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/update-bazel.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 cd "${KOPS_ROOT}"
 
-TMP_OUT=$(mktemp -d)
-trap "{ rm -rf ${TMP_OUT}; }" EXIT
+GOBIN="${TOOLS_BIN}" go install ./vendor/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/cmd/gazelle
 
-GOBIN="${TMP_OUT}" go install ./vendor/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/cmd/gazelle
-
-"${TMP_OUT}/gazelle" fix \
+"${TOOLS_BIN}/gazelle" fix \
   -external=vendored \
   -exclude=tests/e2e \
   -mode=fix \
diff --git a/hack/verify-bazel.sh b/hack/verify-bazel.sh
index 2c7e5f63c3..06254ea578 100755
--- a/hack/verify-bazel.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-bazel.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@
 
 cd "${KOPS_ROOT}"
 
-TMP_OUT=$(mktemp -d)
-trap "{ rm -rf ${TMP_OUT}; }" EXIT
+GOBIN="${TOOLS_BIN}" go install ./vendor/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/cmd/gazelle
 
-GOBIN="${TMP_OUT}" go install ./vendor/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/cmd/gazelle
-
-gazelle_diff=$("${TMP_OUT}/gazelle" fix \
+gazelle_diff=$("${TOOLS_BIN}/gazelle" fix \
   -external=vendored \
   -exclude=tests/e2e \
   -mode=diff \
diff --git a/hack/verify-spelling.sh b/hack/verify-spelling.sh
index 686a2df613..52a8a9b92f 100755
--- a/hack/verify-spelling.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-spelling.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 cd "${KOPS_ROOT}"
 
-OUTPUT_GOBIN="${KOPS_ROOT}/_output/bin"
-
 # Install tools we need, but from vendor/
-GOBIN="${OUTPUT_GOBIN}" go install ./vendor/github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
+GOBIN="${TOOLS_BIN}" go install ./vendor/github.com/client9/misspell/cmd/misspell
 
 mkdir -p .build/docs
 
@@ -34,6 +32,6 @@ find . -type f \( -name "*.go*" -o -name "*.md*" \) -a -path "./docs/releases/*"
 	xargs -I{} sh -c 'sed -e "/^\* .*github.com\/kubernetes\/kops\/pull/d" docs/releases/{} > .build/docs/$(basename {})'
 find . -type f \( -name "*.go*" -o -name "*.md*" \) -a \( -not -path "./vendor/*" -not -path "./docs/releases/*" \) | \
   sed -e /README-ES.md/d -e /node_modules/d |
-		xargs ${OUTPUT_GOBIN}/misspell -error
+		xargs ${TOOLS_BIN}/misspell -error
 
 
diff --git a/hack/verify-staticcheck.sh b/hack/verify-staticcheck.sh
index 9f550f2760..e51da31331 100755
--- a/hack/verify-staticcheck.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-staticcheck.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ IGNORE=(
 export IFS='|'; ignore_pattern="^(${IGNORE[*]-})\$"; unset IFS
 
 # Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
-export GOBIN="${KOPS_ROOT}/_output/bin"
+export GOBIN="${TOOLS_BIN}"
 PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"
 
 # Install staticcheck from vendor