diff --git a/deploy-npm b/deploy-npm
index fa056c9..e248cbf 100755
--- a/deploy-npm
+++ b/deploy-npm
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # Usage: deploy-npm [--delete-target] target
 
 if [ "$1" == "--delete-target" ]; then
-    delete_target=1
+    delete_target=true
     dst_dir="$2"
 else
-    delete-target=0
+    delete_target=false
     dst_dir="$1"
 fi
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cd "$tmp_dir" || exit
 npm ci
 npm run deploy
 
-if [ $delete_target -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ "$delete_target" = true ]; then
     echo "[[ Deploy ]]  Deleting then recreating '$dst_dir'."
     rm -rf "${dst_dir:?}/**"
     chmod g+w "$dst_dir"
diff --git a/deploy-static b/deploy-static
index d642218..9435a20 100755
--- a/deploy-static
+++ b/deploy-static
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # Usage: deploy-static [--delete-target] target
 
 if [ "$1" == "--delete-target" ]; then
-    delete_target=1
+    delete_target=true
     dst_dir="$2"
 else
-    delete-target=0
+    delete_target=false
     dst_dir="$1"
 fi
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ echo "[[ Deploy ]]  Cloning repository at '$repo_dir' into '$tmp_dir'."
 git clone "$repo_dir" "$tmp_dir"
 rm -rf "$tmp_dir/.git/"
 
-if [ $delete_target -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ "$delete_target" = true ]; then
     echo "[[ Deploy ]]  Deleting then recreating '$dst_dir'."
     rm -rf "${dst_dir:?}/**"
     chmod g+w "$dst_dir"