diff --git a/bin/sde-create-package b/bin/sde-create-package
index 03c6920..a100c5c 100755
--- a/bin/sde-create-package
+++ b/bin/sde-create-package
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ EOT
 	done
 }
 
-shortopts=''
+shortopts=
 longopts='help,hive:,hivelist'
 options=$( getopt -o "$shortopts" -l "$longopts" -- "$@" )
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/bin/sde-patch-copyright b/bin/sde-patch-copyright
index 5e0edd4..f0951b2 100755
--- a/bin/sde-patch-copyright
+++ b/bin/sde-patch-copyright
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: bin/sde-patch-copyright
-# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Usage:	$progname [FILES...]
 EOT
 }
 
-shortopts=''
-longopts=''
+shortopts=
+longopts=
 options=$( getopt -o "$shortopts" -l "$longopts" -- "$@" )
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	list_usage
diff --git a/bin/sde-update-package b/bin/sde-update-package
index f622fb7..aac7139 100755
--- a/bin/sde-update-package
+++ b/bin/sde-update-package
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Usage:	${progname//-/ } [--location <url>] [<package>] [<version>]
 EOT
 }
 
-shortopts=''
+shortopts=
 longopts='help,location:,no-location,md5:'
 options=$( getopt -o "$shortopts" -l "$longopts" -- "$@" )
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/bin/sde-update-tree b/bin/sde-update-tree
index 29e14fc..95c0eb8 100755
--- a/bin/sde-update-tree
+++ b/bin/sde-update-tree
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ update_usage() {
 	EOT
 }
 
-shortopts=''
+shortopts=
 longopts='help'
 options=$( getopt -o "$shortopts" -l "$longopts" -- "$@" )
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then