diff --git a/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-primary.sh b/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-primary.sh
index 3c58c4d0ed7a9c851301305def1a04d3f4834fd8..9a0356527db60db6ee44b50d699c340cf229312a 100755
--- a/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-primary.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-primary.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ recovery=$(ssh_host "$POSTGRESQL_AZURE_PRIMARY" "sudo gitlab-psql  -t -d gitlab_
 echo "$POSTGRESQL_AZURE_PRIMARY: pg_is_in_recovery=$recovery"
 
 echo "postgresql will be shutdown on the above host, press enter to continue"
-read -r ""
+read -r
 
-ssh_host "$POSTGRESQL_AZURE_PRIMARY" "echo sudo gitlab-ctl stop postgresql"
+ssh_host "$POSTGRESQL_AZURE_PRIMARY" "sudo gitlab-ctl stop postgresql"
 
 echo "Getting status:"
 p_status=$(ssh_host "$POSTGRESQL_AZURE_PRIMARY" "sudo gitlab-ctl status postgresql")
diff --git a/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-secondaries.sh b/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-secondaries.sh
index 7df25517cb1b476041d3b7396abb1d7ce899686a..4ab373a3302cf918386f5116fb8c5cc4ba707810 100755
--- a/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-secondaries.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/02_failover/060_go/p04/shutdown-azure-secondaries.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ do
 done
 
 echo "postgresql will be shutdown on the above hosts, press enter to continue"
-read -r ""
+read -r
 
 echo "Shutting down:"
 for secondary in ${POSTGRESQL_AZURE_SECONDARIES[*]}
 do
-    ssh_host "$secondary" "echo sudo gitlab-ctl stop postgresql"
+    ssh_host "$secondary" "sudo gitlab-ctl stop postgresql"
 done
 
 echo "Getting status:"