diff --git a/dba/create-database.sh b/dba/create-database.sh
index 48e22bd1..b48e37e6 100755
--- a/dba/create-database.sh
+++ b/dba/create-database.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ EOFAILURE
 fi
 #
 # Load the required base data
-psql -qXAt ${PSQLOPTS} ${DBA} -f "${DBADIR}/base-data.sql" "${DBNAME}" | egrep -v '^10'
+psql -qXAt ${PSQLOPTS} ${DBA} -f "${DBADIR}/base-data.sql" "${DBNAME}" | grep -E -v '^10'
 
 #
 # We can override the admin password generation for regression testing predictability
diff --git a/scripts/po/rebuild-translations.sh b/scripts/po/rebuild-translations.sh
index d8023f9b..01edd402 100755
--- a/scripts/po/rebuild-translations.sh
+++ b/scripts/po/rebuild-translations.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ -z "${AWL_LOCATION}" ] ; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-egrep -l '(i18n|translate)' htdocs/*.php inc/*.php inc/ui/*.php > ${PODIR}/pofilelist.tmp1
+grep -E -l '(i18n|translate)' htdocs/*.php inc/*.php inc/ui/*.php > ${PODIR}/pofilelist.tmp1
 sed "s:../awl:${AWL_LOCATION}:" ${PODIR}/pofilelist.txt >> ${PODIR}/pofilelist.tmp1
 sort ${PODIR}/pofilelist.tmp1 | uniq > ${PODIR}/pofilelist.tmp
 xgettext --from-code=UTF-8 --no-location --add-comments=Translators --keyword=translate --keyword=i18n --output=${PODIR}/messages.tmp -s -f ${PODIR}/pofilelist.tmp