diff --git a/tools/bin/go_core_ccip_deployment_tests b/tools/bin/go_core_ccip_deployment_tests
index 5aaf2b90c40..4534ade2804 100755
--- a/tools/bin/go_core_ccip_deployment_tests
+++ b/tools/bin/go_core_ccip_deployment_tests
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set +e
 
 SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname "$0"`; SCRIPT_PATH=`eval "cd \"$SCRIPT_PATH\" && pwd"`
 OUTPUT_FILE=${OUTPUT_FILE:-"./output.txt"}
-EXTRA_FLAGS = ""
+EXTRA_FLAGS=""
 
 cd ./deployment || exit
 go mod download
diff --git a/tools/bin/go_core_tests b/tools/bin/go_core_tests
index 2d62d7a039d..0fffcb72a39 100755
--- a/tools/bin/go_core_tests
+++ b/tools/bin/go_core_tests
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set +e
 
 SCRIPT_PATH=`dirname "$0"`; SCRIPT_PATH=`eval "cd \"$SCRIPT_PATH\" && pwd"`
 OUTPUT_FILE=${OUTPUT_FILE:-"./output.txt"}
-EXTRA_FLAGS = ""
+EXTRA_FLAGS=""
 
 echo "Test execution results: ---------------------"
 echo ""
diff --git a/tools/bin/go_core_tests_integration b/tools/bin/go_core_tests_integration
index ce4889c75a2..323e9d526ac 100755
--- a/tools/bin/go_core_tests_integration
+++ b/tools/bin/go_core_tests_integration
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set +e
 
 SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$0"); SCRIPT_PATH=$(eval "cd \"$SCRIPT_PATH\" && pwd")
 OUTPUT_FILE=${OUTPUT_FILE:-"./output.txt"}
-EXTRA_FLAGS = ""
+EXTRA_FLAGS=""
 
 echo "Finding and running integration-tagged tests"
 INTEGRATION_TAGGED_TEST_FILES=$(find . -name '*_test.go' -exec grep -l '//go:build integration' {} +)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [[ $GITHUB_EVENT_NAME == "schedule" ]]; then
   # Experimental code to minimize size of this coverage report
   # ALL_IMPORTS=$(go list -f '{{ join .Imports "\n" }}' $INTEGRATION_TEST_DIRS | sort -u)
   # COVERPKG_DIRS=$(echo "$INTEGRATION_TEST_DIRS $ALL_IMPORTS" | grep "smartcontractkit/chainlink" | tr '\n' ',')
-  EXTRA_FLAGS = "-covermode=atomic -coverpkg=./... -coverprofile=coverage.txt"
+  EXTRA_FLAGS="-covermode=atomic -coverpkg=./... -coverprofile=coverage.txt"
 fi
 go test -tags integration "$EXTRA_FLAGS" $INTEGRATION_TEST_DIRS_SPACE_DELIMITED | tee $OUTPUT_FILE | grep -Ev '\[no test files\]|\[no tests to run\]'
 EXITCODE=${PIPESTATUS[0]}