diff --git a/bin/PCSX2-linux.sh b/bin/PCSX2-linux.sh
index 49764147cb..aba9ab23be 100755
--- a/bin/PCSX2-linux.sh
+++ b/bin/PCSX2-linux.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
+#!/bin/sh
 
 # PCSX2 - PS2 Emulator for PCs
 # Copyright (C) 2002-2011  PCSX2 Dev Team
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #            easiest solution it to ship library used during the build.
 # 3/ Set __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS variable for Nvidia Drivers (major speed boost)
 
+set -e
+
 current_script=$0
 me=PCSX2-linux.sh
 
diff --git a/linux_various/generate_pot.sh b/linux_various/generate_pot.sh
index 37a1fbe54d..74fa70cf7c 100644
--- a/linux_various/generate_pot.sh
+++ b/linux_various/generate_pot.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
+#!/bin/sh
 
 # PCSX2 - PS2 Emulator for PCs
 # Copyright (C) 2002-2014  PCSX2 Dev Team
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 # This script call xgettext utility to generate some nice pot (translation template) files
 
+set -e
+
 ######################################################################
 # Script configuration
 ######################################################################