diff --git a/gdbsupport/ChangeLog b/gdbsupport/ChangeLog
index 7631b2d1e8..1d27971f5c 100644
--- a/gdbsupport/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdbsupport/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-03-27  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+	* create-version.sh: Resolve issues highlighted by shellcheck.
+
 2020-03-20  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
 
 	* config.in: Re-generate.
diff --git a/gdbsupport/create-version.sh b/gdbsupport/create-version.sh
index 81d6dbf8c1..6135d219d9 100755
--- a/gdbsupport/create-version.sh
+++ b/gdbsupport/create-version.sh
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ host_alias="$2"
 target_alias="$3"
 output="$4"
 
-rm -f version.c-tmp $output version.tmp
-date=`sed -n -e 's/^.* BFD_VERSION_DATE \(.*\)$/\1/p' $srcdir/../bfd/version.h`
-sed -e "s/DATE/$date/" < $srcdir/version.in > version.tmp
-echo '#include "gdbsupport/version.h"' >> version.c-tmp
-echo 'const char version[] = "'"`sed q version.tmp`"'";' >> version.c-tmp
-echo 'const char host_name[] = "'"$host_alias"'";' >> version.c-tmp
-echo 'const char target_name[] = "'"$target_alias"'";' >> version.c-tmp
-mv version.c-tmp $output
+rm -f version.c-tmp "$output" version.tmp
+date=$(sed -n -e 's/^.* BFD_VERSION_DATE \(.*\)$/\1/p' "$srcdir/../bfd/version.h")
+sed -e "s/DATE/$date/" < "$srcdir/version.in" > version.tmp
+{
+    echo '#include "gdbsupport/version.h"'
+    echo 'const char version[] = "'"$(sed q version.tmp)"'";'
+    echo 'const char host_name[] = "'"$host_alias"'";'
+    echo 'const char target_name[] = "'"$target_alias"'";'
+} >> version.c-tmp
+mv version.c-tmp "$output"
 rm -f version.tmp