diff --git a/dotfiles/shell/aliases b/dotfiles/shell/aliases
index 892757b..1a326e1 100644
--- a/dotfiles/shell/aliases
+++ b/dotfiles/shell/aliases
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ system_update() {
 
 aur_update() {
     local start_dir="$PWD"
-    local aur_packages; aur_packages=($(find ~/builds -name .git -type d -exec dirname {} \;))
+    local aur_packages=($(find ~/builds -name .git -type d -exec dirname {} \;))
     for repo in "${aur_packages[@]}"; do
         cd && cd "$repo" && git fetch -q
-        local unpulled; unpulled=$(git log --pretty=format:'%h' '..@{u}' | wc -c)
+        local unpulled=$(git log --pretty=format:'%h' '..@{u}' | wc -c)
         if [ "$unpulled" -eq 0 ]; then
             echo "$(basename "$repo") is up to date"
         else
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ aur_update() {
 
 pull_from_repos() {
     local start_dir="$PWD"
-    local git_repos; git_repos=($(find ~ -name .git -type d -not -path '*/.vim/*' -and -not -path '*/.local/*' -and -not -path '*/builds/*' -exec dirname {} \;))
+    local git_repos=($(find ~ -name .git -type d -not -path '*/.vim/*' -and -not -path '*/.local/*' -and -not -path '*/builds/*' -exec dirname {} \;))
     for repo in "${git_repos[@]}"; do
         echo "Pulling from $repo..."
         cd "$repo" && git pull