diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index 237357112da..7314c344cb1 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -349,23 +349,23 @@ cleanup()
   # fi
 
   # Check if the API server is still running
-  [[ -n "${APISERVER_PID-}" ]] && mapfile -t APISERVER_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${APISERVER_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${APISERVER_PID}")
+  [[ -n "${APISERVER_PID-}" ]] && kube::util::read-array APISERVER_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${APISERVER_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${APISERVER_PID}")
   [[ -n "${APISERVER_PIDS-}" ]] && sudo kill "${APISERVER_PIDS[@]}" 2>/dev/null
 
   # Check if the controller-manager is still running
-  [[ -n "${CTLRMGR_PID-}" ]] && mapfile -t CTLRMGR_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${CTLRMGR_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${CTLRMGR_PID}")
+  [[ -n "${CTLRMGR_PID-}" ]] && kube::util::read-array CTLRMGR_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${CTLRMGR_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${CTLRMGR_PID}")
   [[ -n "${CTLRMGR_PIDS-}" ]] && sudo kill "${CTLRMGR_PIDS[@]}" 2>/dev/null
 
   # Check if the kubelet is still running
-  [[ -n "${KUBELET_PID-}" ]] && mapfile -t KUBELET_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${KUBELET_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${KUBELET_PID}")
+  [[ -n "${KUBELET_PID-}" ]] && kube::util::read-array KUBELET_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${KUBELET_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${KUBELET_PID}")
   [[ -n "${KUBELET_PIDS-}" ]] && sudo kill "${KUBELET_PIDS[@]}" 2>/dev/null
 
   # Check if the proxy is still running
-  [[ -n "${PROXY_PID-}" ]] && mapfile -t PROXY_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${PROXY_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${PROXY_PID}")
+  [[ -n "${PROXY_PID-}" ]] && kube::util::read-array PROXY_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${PROXY_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${PROXY_PID}")
   [[ -n "${PROXY_PIDS-}" ]] && sudo kill "${PROXY_PIDS[@]}" 2>/dev/null
 
   # Check if the scheduler is still running
-  [[ -n "${SCHEDULER_PID-}" ]] && mapfile -t SCHEDULER_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${SCHEDULER_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${SCHEDULER_PID}")
+  [[ -n "${SCHEDULER_PID-}" ]] && kube::util::read-array SCHEDULER_PIDS < <(pgrep -P "${SCHEDULER_PID}" ; ps -o pid= -p "${SCHEDULER_PID}")
   [[ -n "${SCHEDULER_PIDS-}" ]] && sudo kill "${SCHEDULER_PIDS[@]}" 2>/dev/null
 
   # Check if the etcd is still running
diff --git a/hack/verify-test-code.sh b/hack/verify-test-code.sh
index 0477c3292d6..91272ad27f0 100755
--- a/hack/verify-test-code.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-test-code.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 cd "${KUBE_ROOT}"
 
+all_e2e_files=()
 # NOTE: This checks e2e test code without the e2e framework which contains Expect().To(HaveOccurred())
-mapfile -t all_e2e_files < <(find test/e2e{,_node,_kubeadm} -name '*.go' | grep -v 'test/e2e/framework/')
+kube::util::read-array all_e2e_files < <(find test/e2e{,_node,_kubeadm} -name '*.go' | grep -v 'test/e2e/framework/')
 errors_expect_no_error=()
 for file in "${all_e2e_files[@]}"
 do