diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 80dbfef83..e79a66767 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,29 +40,6 @@ variables:
   only:
     - schedules
 
-sh-check:
-  extends: .only-default
-  image: $DEBIAN_IMAGE
-  stage: style-check
-  allow_failure: true
-  script:
-    - .gitlab-ci/run-shellcheck.sh
-  only:
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.sh"
-
-py-check:
-  extends: .only-default
-  image: $DEBIAN_IMAGE
-  stage: style-check
-  allow_failure: true
-  script:
-    - .gitlab-ci/run-black.sh
-    - .gitlab-ci/run-flake8.sh
-  only:
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.py"
-
 style-check-diff:
   extends: .only-default
   image: $DEBIAN_IMAGE
@@ -70,6 +47,9 @@ style-check-diff:
   allow_failure: true
   script:
     - .gitlab-ci/run-style-check-diff.sh
+    - .gitlab-ci/run-shellcheck.sh
+    - .gitlab-ci/run-black.sh
+    - .gitlab-ci/run-flake8.sh
 
 check-todos:
   extends: .only-default
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/run-docker.sh b/.gitlab-ci/run-docker.sh
index 6299c5595..56b2b0a7d 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/run-docker.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/run-docker.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ while (($# > 0)); do
                 --base|-b) read_arg base "$@" || shift;;
                 --base-version) read_arg base_version "$@" || shift;;
                 --no-login) no_login=1;;
-                *) echo -e "\e[1;31mERROR\e[0m: Unknown option '$1'"; exit 1;;
+                *) echo -e "\\e[1;31mERROR\\e[0m: Unknown option '$1'"; exit 1;;
         esac
         shift
 done
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if [ $list == 1 ]; then
                 filename=$( basename -- "$f" )
                 basename="${filename%.*}"
 
-                echo -e "  \e[1;39m$basename\e[0m"
+                echo -e "  \\e[1;39m$basename\\e[0m"
         done
         exit 0
 fi
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if [ -z "${base}" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f "$base.Dockerfile" ]; then
-        echo -e "\e[1;31mERROR\e[0m: Dockerfile for '$base' not found"
+        echo -e "\\e[1;31mERROR\\e[0m: Dockerfile for '$base' not found"
         exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ fi
 TAG="registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/${base}:${base_version}"
 
 if [ $build == 1 ]; then
-        echo -e "\e[1;32mBUILDING\e[0m: ${base} as ${TAG}"
+        echo -e "\\e[1;32mBUILDING\\e[0m: ${base} as ${TAG}"
         $SUDO_CMD docker build \
                 --build-arg HOST_USER_ID="$UID" \
                 --build-arg COVERITY_SCAN_PROJECT_NAME="${COVERITY_SCAN_PROJECT_NAME}" \
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if [ $build == 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $push == 1 ]; then
-        echo -e "\e[1;32mPUSHING\e[0m: ${base} as ${TAG}"
+        echo -e "\\e[1;32mPUSHING\\e[0m: ${base} as ${TAG}"
 
         if [ $no_login == 0 ]; then
                 $SUDO_CMD docker login registry.gitlab.gnome.org
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if [ $push == 1 ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $run == 1 ]; then
-        echo -e "\e[1;32mRUNNING\e[0m: ${base} as ${TAG}"
+        echo -e "\\e[1;32mRUNNING\\e[0m: ${base} as ${TAG}"
         $SUDO_CMD docker run \
                 --rm \
                 --volume "$(pwd)/..:/home/user/app" \
diff --git a/glib/update-pcre/update.sh b/glib/update-pcre/update.sh
index 0e558dd5c..69d7f8aa7 100644
--- a/glib/update-pcre/update.sh
+++ b/glib/update-pcre/update.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ cd pcre
 # the file and then distribute it with GRegex.
 echo "Generating pcre_chartables.c"
 cp -R "${PCRE}" tmp-build
-cd tmp-build
+(
+cd tmp-build || exit 1
 ./configure --enable-utf8 --enable-unicode-properties --disable-cpp > /dev/null
 make pcre_chartables.c > /dev/null
 cat > ../pcre_chartables.c << \EOF
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ cat > ../pcre_chartables.c << \EOF
  */
 EOF
 cat pcre_chartables.c >> ../pcre_chartables.c
-cd ..
+)
 rm -R tmp-build
 
 # Compiled C files.