diff --git a/common/environment/setup/install.sh b/common/environment/setup/install.sh
index dbb792f592..b56e17a437 100644
--- a/common/environment/setup/install.sh
+++ b/common/environment/setup/install.sh
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ _vinstall() {
 	fi
 
 	if [ -z "$targetfile" ]; then
-		install -Dm${mode} ${file} "${_destdir}/${targetdir}/$(basename ${file})"
+		install -Dm${mode} ${file} "${_destdir}/${targetdir}/${file##*/}"
 	else
-		install -Dm${mode} ${file} "${_destdir}/${targetdir}/$(basename ${targetfile})"
+		install -Dm${mode} ${file} "${_destdir}/${targetdir}/${targetfile##*/}"
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
index ee59623366..16fe0e9742 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-fetch/00-distfiles.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ try_mirrors() {
 	local curfile="$1" distfile="$2" dfcount="$3" subdir="$4" f="$5"
 	local filesum cksum basefile mirror path scheme
 	[ -z "$XBPS_DISTFILES_MIRROR" ] && return
-	basefile="$(basename $f)"
+	basefile="${f##*/}"
 	cksum=$(get_cksum $curfile $dfcount)
 	for mirror in $XBPS_DISTFILES_MIRROR; do
 		scheme="file"
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-extract/00-patches.sh b/common/hooks/post-extract/00-patches.sh
index 2cef5f24c1..73caa6dd1f 100644
--- a/common/hooks/post-extract/00-patches.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/post-extract/00-patches.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ _process_patch() {
 	local _args= _patch= i=$1
 
 	_args="-Np0"
-	_patch=$(basename $i)
+	_patch=${i##*/}
+
 	if [ -f $PATCHESDIR/${_patch}.args ]; then
 		_args=$(cat $PATCHESDIR/${_patch}.args)
 	elif [ -n "$patch_args" ]; then
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/00-compress-info-files.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/00-compress-info-files.sh
index f76e6eebb1..6ae8c13288 100644
--- a/common/hooks/post-install/00-compress-info-files.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/post-install/00-compress-info-files.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ hook() {
 		if [ -h ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$j" ]; then
 			dirat=$(dirname "$j")
 			lnkat=$(readlink ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$j")
-			newlnk=$(basename "$j")
+			newlnk="${j##*/}"
 			rm -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$j"
 			cd ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$dirat"
 			ln -s "${lnkat}".gz "${newlnk}".gz
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh
index 90704ff16f..36dbc8c72f 100644
--- a/common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/post-install/04-create-xbps-metadata-scripts.sh
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ _EOF
 	if [ -d ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gconf/schemas ]; then
 		_add_trigger gconf-schemas
 		for f in ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gconf/schemas/*.schemas; do
-			_schemas="${_schemas} $(basename $f)"
+			_schemas="${_schemas} ${f##*/}"
 		done
 		echo "export gconf_schemas=\"${_schemas}\"" >> $tmpf
 	fi
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/06-strip-and-debug-pkgs.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/06-strip-and-debug-pkgs.sh
index 9bc66c7aa7..7e8ddfc80b 100644
--- a/common/hooks/post-install/06-strip-and-debug-pkgs.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/post-install/06-strip-and-debug-pkgs.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ make_debug() {
 	[ -n "$nodebug" ] && return 0
 
 	dname=$(echo "$(dirname $1)"|sed -e "s|${PKGDESTDIR}||g")
-	fname="$(basename $1)"
+	fname="${1##*/}"
 	dbgfile="${dname}/${fname}"
 
 	mkdir -p "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/debug/${dname}"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ attach_debug() {
 	[ -n "$nodebug" ] && return 0
 
 	dname=$(echo "$(dirname $1)"|sed -e "s|${PKGDESTDIR}||g")
-	fname="$(basename $1)"
+	fname="${1##*/}"
 	dbgfile="${dname}/${fname}"
 
 	$OBJCOPY --add-gnu-debuglink="${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/debug/${dbgfile}" "$1"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ hook() {
 			continue
 		fi
 
-		fname=$(basename "$f")
+		fname=${f##*/}
 		for x in ${nostrip_files}; do
 			if [ "$x" = "$fname" ]; then
 				found=1
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh b/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh
index ab5cee7aa2..ea4eea4529 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-configure/02-script-wrapper.sh
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ _EOF
 }
 
 install_wrappers() {
+	local fname
+
 	for f in ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/wrappers/*.sh; do
-		install -m0755 ${f} ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/$(basename ${f%.sh})
+		fname=${f##*/}
+		fname=${fname%.sh}
+		install -m0755 ${f} ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/${fname}
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh
index d23a1d1210..99ec8653c8 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/06-shlib-provides.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ collect_sonames() {
 
 	# real pkg
 	find ${_destdir} -type f -name "*.so*" | while read f; do
-		_fname=$(basename "$f")
+		_fname="${f##*/}"
 		case "$(file -bi "$f")" in
 		application/x-sharedlib*)
 			# shared library
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh
index 710f4801b4..25ffdff511 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/build.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #   $5 - internal [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 3 -o $# -gt 5 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname targetpkg target [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname targetpkg target [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dobuild.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dobuild.sh
index bf56ab76a4..e0f4cfc682 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dobuild.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dobuild.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #	$2 - cross target [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doconfigure.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doconfigure.sh
index e53e1855a3..8e33ba6fe1 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doconfigure.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doconfigure.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #	$2 - cross target [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doextract.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doextract.sh
index d3f93bbd06..20358736c2 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doextract.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doextract.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #	$2 - cross target [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dofetch.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dofetch.sh
index b1060edd82..f7100cbcab 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dofetch.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dofetch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #	$2 - cross target [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh
index c8165273a6..c9c2225bb9 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #	$2 - cross target [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh
index a60d02c70e..f367634e08 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # 	$3 - cross-target [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 2 -o $# -gt 3 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname repository [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname repository [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh
index 81fbca1f5e..7f6c4ad47b 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #	$2 - cross target [OPTIONAL]
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
-    echo "$(basename $0): invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
+    echo "${0##*/}: invalid number of arguments: pkgname [cross-target]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh
index 75d9234060..f979e0d65c 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/bulk.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et:
 
 bulk_getlink() {
-    local p="$(basename $1)"
+    local p="${1##*/}"
     local target="$(readlink $XBPS_SRCPKGDIR/$p)"
 
     if [ $? -eq 0 -a -n "$target" ]; then
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
index 4795cd4bdc..bd7f918e26 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ run_pkg_hooks() {
     eval unset -f hook
     for f in ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/hooks/${phase}/*.sh; do
         [ ! -r $f ] && continue
-        hookn=$(basename $f)
+        hookn=${f##*/}
         hookn=${hookn%.sh}
         . $f
         run_func hook "$phase hook: $hookn" ${phase}_${hookn}
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh
index 857bb3f863..b5976b443c 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/purge_distfiles.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ purge_distfiles() {
 	hashes=($XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/by_sha256/*)
 	readonly HASHLEN=64
 	for file in ${hashes[@]}; do
-		hash_distfile=$(basename "$file")
+		hash_distfile=${file##*/}
 		hash=${hash_distfile:0:$HASHLEN}
 		[ -n "${my_hashes[$hash]}" ] && continue
 		inode=$(stat "$file" --printf "%i")
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh
index c45932ce30..b879536dd8 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_hash_cache.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ update_hash_cache() {
     mkdir -p "$cache"
     find "$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR" -type f | grep -v by_sha256 | while read -r distfile; do
         cksum=$(cat "$distfile" | sha256sum | cut -d " " -f 1)
-        curfile="$(basename ${distfile})"
+        curfile="${distfile##*/}"
         ln -vf "$distfile" "${cache}/${cksum}_${curfile}"
     done
 }