diff --git a/hack/verify-yamllint.sh b/hack/verify-yamllint.sh
index e18c636f69b..350ca5bacad 100755
--- a/hack/verify-yamllint.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-yamllint.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ if [ $# != 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# we assume that pip3 is already installed
 if ! command -v yamllint >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "yamllint not found - installing with: ${pip} install -r ${pip_requirements}"
   ${pip} install -r ${pip_requirements}
diff --git a/hack/verify.sh b/hack/verify.sh
index b8a43f0602a..409d5280354 100755
--- a/hack/verify.sh
+++ b/hack/verify.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
 # Some useful colors.
 if [[ -z "${color_start-}" ]]; then
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ EXCLUDED_PATTERNS=(
   "verify-*-dockerized.sh"       # Don't run any scripts that intended to be run dockerized
   )
 
-EXCLUDED_CHECKS=$(ls ${EXCLUDED_PATTERNS[@]/#/${KUBE_ROOT}\/hack\/} 2>/dev/null || true)
+EXCLUDED_CHECKS=$(ls ${EXCLUDED_PATTERNS[@]/#/${REPO_ROOT}\/hack\/} 2>/dev/null || true)
 
 function is-excluded {
   for e in ${EXCLUDED_CHECKS[@]}; do
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if ${SILENT} ; then
 fi
 
 ret=0
-run-checks "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/verify-*.sh" bash
+run-checks "${REPO_ROOT}/hack/verify-*.sh" bash
 
 if [[ ${ret} -eq 1 ]]; then
     print-failed-tests