diff --git a/ci/openshift-ci/cleanup.sh b/ci/openshift-ci/cleanup.sh
index af27ec1b4..b05a3f98f 100755
--- a/ci/openshift-ci/cleanup.sh
+++ b/ci/openshift-ci/cleanup.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ echo "Wait for all related pods to be gone"
   oc get pods -l name="kubelet-kata-cleanup" --no-headers=true -n kube-system 2>&1 | grep "No resources found" -q && ((repeats++)) || repeats=1
   [ "$repeats" -gt 5 ] && echo kata-cleanup finished && break
   sleep 1
-done) || { echo "There are still some kata-cleanup related pods after 600 iterations"; oc get all -n kube-system; exit -1; }
+done) || { echo "There are still some kata-cleanup related pods after 600 iterations"; oc get all -n kube-system; exit 1; }
 oc delete -f kata-cleanup/base/kata-cleanup.yaml
 oc delete -f kata-rbac/base/kata-rbac.yaml
 oc delete -f runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
-
diff --git a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
index 0c7e636df..8e5d8cd13 100755
--- a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
+++ b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ wait_for_app_pods_message() {
 		[ "${#pods}" -ge "$pod_count" ] && break
 		if [ "$SECONDS" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
 			printf "Unable to find ${pod_count} pods for '-l app=\"$app\"' in ${SECONDS}s (%s)" "${pods[@]}"
-			return -1
+			return 1
 		fi
 	done
 	for pod in "${pods[@]}"; do
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ wait_for_app_pods_message() {
 				printf "pods after ${SECONDS}s :(%s)\n" "${pods[@]}"
 				echo "Pod $pod's output so far:"
 				echo "$log"
-				return -1
+				return 1
 			fi
 			sleep 1;
 		done
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/run.sh b/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/run.sh
index c7363fa26..539997e68 100755
--- a/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/run.sh
+++ b/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/run.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ main()
 	if [ -z "${check_in_container}" ]; then
 		echo "Error: 'OUTPUT_DIR' not set" >&2
 		echo "$0 should be run using the Dockerfile supplied." >&2
-		exit -1
+		exit 1
 	fi
 
 	local OPTIND
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ main()
 		    # parse failure
 		    help
 		    echo "ERROR: Failed to parse arguments"
-		    exit -1
+		    exit 1
 		    ;;
 		esac
 	done