diff --git a/src/barebone/generate-script-runtime.py b/src/barebone/generate-script-runtime.py
index 89ef956bd..f261e1d3d 100755
--- a/src/barebone/generate-script-runtime.py
+++ b/src/barebone/generate-script-runtime.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 def main(argv):
-    input_dir, output_dir, priv_dir = [Path(d).resolve() for d in sys.argv[1:]]
+    input_dir, output_dir, priv_dir = [Path(d).resolve() for d in argv[1:]]
 
     try:
         generate_runtime(input_dir, output_dir, priv_dir)
diff --git a/src/compiler/generate-agent.py b/src/compiler/generate-agent.py
index 8f1301005..cbe3cc7e0 100755
--- a/src/compiler/generate-agent.py
+++ b/src/compiler/generate-agent.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 
 def main(argv):
-    input_dir, output_dir, priv_dir = [Path(d).resolve() for d in sys.argv[1:4]]
-    host_os_family, host_arch, host_cpu_mode = sys.argv[4:7]
-    v8_mksnapshot = sys.argv[7]
+    input_dir, output_dir, priv_dir = [Path(d).resolve() for d in argv[1:4]]
+    host_os_family, host_arch, host_cpu_mode = argv[4:7]
+    v8_mksnapshot = argv[7]
     if v8_mksnapshot != "":
         v8_mksnapshot = Path(v8_mksnapshot)
     else: