diff --git a/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh b/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh
index 6f629fdbe156d2..aad3309d7946d3 100755
--- a/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh
+++ b/tools/actions/commit-queue.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ set -xe
 
 OWNER=$1
 REPOSITORY=$2
-GITHUB_TOKEN=$3
-shift 3
+shift 2
 
 UPSTREAM=origin
 DEFAULT_BRANCH=master
 
-API_URL=https://api.github.com
+COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL="commit-queue"
+COMMIT_QUEUE_FAILED_LABEL="commit-queue-failed"
 
 mergeUrl() {
   echo "repos/${OWNER}/${REPOSITORY}/pulls/${1}/merge"
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ mergeUrl() {
 commit_queue_failed() {
   pr=$1
 
-  gh pr edit $pr --add-label "${COMMIT_QUEUE_FAILED_LABEL}"
+  gh pr edit "$pr" --add-label "${COMMIT_QUEUE_FAILED_LABEL}"
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
   cqurl="${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${OWNER}/${REPOSITORY}/actions/runs/${GITHUB_RUN_ID}"
   body="<details><summary>Commit Queue failed</summary><pre>$(cat output)</pre><a href='$cqurl'>$cqurl</a></details>"
   echo "$body"
 
-  gh pr comment $pr --body "$body"
+  gh pr comment "$pr" --body "$body"
 
   rm output
 }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ git config --local user.email "github-bot@iojs.org"
 git config --local user.name "Node.js GitHub Bot"
 
 for pr in "$@"; do
-  gh pr view $pr --json labels --jq ".labels" > labels.json
+  gh pr view "$pr" --json labels --jq ".labels" > labels.json
   # Skip PR if CI was requested
   if jq -e 'map(.name) | index("request-ci")' < labels.json; then
     echo "pr ${pr} skipped, waiting for CI to start"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ for pr in "$@"; do
   fi
 
   # Delete the commit queue label
-  gh pr edit $pr --remove-label "$COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL"
+  gh pr edit "$pr" --remove-label "$COMMIT_QUEUE_LABEL"
 
   if jq -e 'map(.name) | index("commit-queue-squash")' < labels.json; then
     MULTIPLE_COMMIT_POLICY="--fixupAll"
diff --git a/tools/actions/start-ci.sh b/tools/actions/start-ci.sh
index ab184c889bd3e5..174939aa4c413b 100755
--- a/tools/actions/start-ci.sh
+++ b/tools/actions/start-ci.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-REQUEST_CI_LABEL=request-ci
-REQUEST_CI_FAILED_LABEL=request-ci-failed
+REQUEST_CI_LABEL="request-ci"
+REQUEST_CI_FAILED_LABEL="request-ci-failed"
 
 for pr in "$@"; do
-  gh pr edit $pr --remove-label "$REQUEST_CI_LABEL"
+  gh pr edit "$pr" --remove-label "$REQUEST_CI_LABEL"
 
   ci_started=yes
   rm -f output;
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ for pr in "$@"; do
 
   if [ "$ci_started" = "no" ]; then
     # Do we need to reset?
-    gh pr edit $pr --add-label "$REQUEST_CI_FAILED_LABEL"
+    gh pr edit "$pr" --add-label "$REQUEST_CI_FAILED_LABEL"
 
     jq -n --arg content "<details><summary>Couldn't start CI</summary><pre>$(cat output)</pre></details>" > output.json
 
-    gh pr comment $pr --body-file output.json
+    gh pr comment "$pr" --body-file output.json
 
     rm output.json;
   fi