diff --git a/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_gh.sh b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_gh.sh
index 1353ed601a..c2e8232fdc 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_gh.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_gh.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ curl -qLO "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v1.6.2/gh_1.6.2_linux_am
 tar -xf gh_1.6.2_linux_amd64.tar.gz &&
 sudo mv gh_1.6.2_linux_amd64/bin/gh /usr/local/bin/gh
 rm gh_1.6.2_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+rm -rf gh_1.6.2_linux_amd64
 
 echo "Authorizing bot with gh"
 echo "${access_token}" | gh auth login --with-token
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/kicbase_auto_build.sh b/hack/jenkins/kicbase_auto_build.sh
index 26a54e3e04..655afb241d 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/kicbase_auto_build.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/kicbase_auto_build.sh
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ sha=$(echo ${fullsha} | cut -d ":" -f 2)
 
 if [ "$release" = false ]; then
 	# Comment on the PR with the newly built kicbase
-	sed_cmd="\`\`\`\\n sed 's|Version = .*|Version = \\\"${KIC_VERSION}\\\"|;s|baseImageSHA = .*|baseImageSHA = \\\"${sha}\\\"|;s|gcrRepo = .*|gcrRepo = \\\"${GCR_REPO}\\\"|;s|dockerhubRepo = .*|dockerhubRepo = \\\"${DH_REPO}\\\"|' pkg/drivers/kic/types.go > new-types.go; mv new-types.go pkg/drivers/kic/types.go; make generate-docs;\\n\`\`\`"
+	sed_cmd="\`\`\`\n sed 's|Version = .*|Version = \"${KIC_VERSION}\"|;s|baseImageSHA = .*|baseImageSHA = \"${sha}\"|;s|gcrRepo = .*|gcrRepo = \"${GCR_REPO}\"|;s|dockerhubRepo = .*|dockerhubRepo = \"${DH_REPO}\"|' pkg/drivers/kic/types.go > new-types.go; mv new-types.go pkg/drivers/kic/types.go; make generate-docs;\n\`\`\`"
 
-	codeblock="\\n\\t// Version is the current version of kic\\n\\tVersion = \\\"${KIC_VERSION}\\\"\\n\\t// SHA of the kic base image\\n\\tbaseImageSHA = \\\"${sha}\\\"\\n\\t// The name of the GCR kicbase repository\\n\\tgcrRepo = \\\"${GCR_REPO}\\\"\\n\\t// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository\\n\\tdockerhubRepo = \\\"${DH_REPO}\\\""
+	codeblock="\n\t// Version is the current version of kic\n\tVersion = \"${KIC_VERSION}\"\n\t// SHA of the kic base image\n\tbaseImageSHA = \"${sha}\"\n\t// The name of the GCR kicbase repository\n\tgcrRepo = \"${GCR_REPO}\"\n\t// The name of the Dockerhub kicbase repository\n\tdockerhubRepo = \"${DH_REPO}\""
 
 	# Display the message to the user
-	message="Hi ${ghprbPullAuthorLoginMention},\\n\\nA new kicbase image is available, please update your PR with the new tag and SHA.\\nIn pkg/drivers/kic/types.go:\\n${codeblock}\\nThen run \`make generate-docs\` to update our documentation to reference the new image.\n\nAlternatively, run the following command and commit the changes:${sed_cmd}\\n"
+	message="Hi ${ghprbPullAuthorLoginMention},\n\nA new kicbase image is available, please update your PR with the new tag and SHA.\nIn pkg/drivers/kic/types.go:\n${codeblock}\nThen run \`make generate-docs\` to update our documentation to reference the new image.\n\nAlternatively, run the following command and commit the changes:${sed_cmd}\n"
 
 	gh pr comment ${ghprbPullId} --body "${message}"
 else