diff --git a/make/java/nio/Makefile b/make/java/nio/Makefile
index 98a838831a27b6c0f6097ed403d1c740c248afd8..0a9070f8257b78ece943d227ddebc02a5eb468fd 100644
--- a/make/java/nio/Makefile
+++ b/make/java/nio/Makefile
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ sources: $(SPP) $(FILES_genout)
 
 GEN_BUFFER_SH = genBuffer.sh
 
-GEN_BUFFER_CMD = SPP="$(SPP_CMD)" NAWK=$(NAWK) SED=$(SED) \
+GEN_BUFFER_CMD = SPP="$(SPP_CMD)" NAWK=$(NAWK) SED=$(SED) SH=$(SH) \
                  $(SH) $(GEN_BUFFER_SH)
 
 # Public abstract buffer classes
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ $(BUF_GEN)/ByteBufferAsDoubleBuffer%L.java: $(BUF_SRC)/ByteBufferAs-X-Buffer.jav
 
 GEN_CODER_SH = genCoder.sh
 
-GEN_CODER_CMD = SPP="$(SPP_CMD)" SED=$(SED) NAWK=$(NAWK) $(SH) $(GEN_CODER_SH)
+GEN_CODER_CMD = SPP="$(SPP_CMD)" SED=$(SED) NAWK=$(NAWK) SH=$(SH) $(SH) $(GEN_CODER_SH)
 
 $(CS_GEN)/CharsetDecoder.java: $(CS_SRC)/Charset-X-Coder.java $(GEN_CODER_SH)
 	$(prep-target)
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ $(CS_GEN)/CharsetEncoder.java: $(CS_SRC)/Charset-X-Coder.java $(GEN_CODER_SH)
 
 GEN_EX_SH = genExceptions.sh
  
-GEN_EX_CMD = NAWK=$(NAWK) $(SHELL) $(GEN_EX_SH)
+GEN_EX_CMD = NAWK=$(NAWK) SH=$(SH) $(SH) $(GEN_EX_SH)
 
 $(CH_GEN)/%Exception.java: genExceptions.sh $(CH_SRC)/exceptions
 	$(prep-target)
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ $(SCS_GEN)/StandardCharsets.java: genCharsetProvider.sh \
     $(HASHER_JARFILE) $(SCS_SRC)/standard-charsets
 	$(prep-target)
 	@$(RM) $@.temp
-	NAWK=$(NAWK) TEMPDIR=$(TEMPDIR) \
+	NAWK=$(NAWK) TEMPDIR=$(TEMPDIR) SH=$(SH) \
 	  HASHER="$(BOOT_JAVA_CMD) -jar $(HASHER_JARFILE)" \
-	  $(SHELL) -e genCharsetProvider.sh $(SCS_SRC)/standard-charsets $(SCS_GEN)
+	  $(SH) -e genCharsetProvider.sh $(SCS_SRC)/standard-charsets $(SCS_GEN)
 
 .PHONY: sources 
diff --git a/make/java/nio/genCharsetProvider.sh b/make/java/nio/genCharsetProvider.sh
index 1c344dacabd65e5e29200093ef2e1285b7734b28..574722fb4a94f98792a2eab175b042c8ad970e06 100644
--- a/make/java/nio/genCharsetProvider.sh
+++ b/make/java/nio/genCharsetProvider.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ echo '-->' $OUT
 # Header
 #
 
-$SHELL addNotices.sh "$COPYRIGHT_YEARS" > $OUT
+$SH ./addNotices.sh "$COPYRIGHT_YEARS" > $OUT
 
 cat <<__END__ >>$OUT
 
diff --git a/make/java/nio/genExceptions.sh b/make/java/nio/genExceptions.sh
index 0e2020c2c1fa8bedfc9e8afae6c4fb3c95047d78..2de5e9cd784e8f55c67a121e8744872690d73982 100644
--- a/make/java/nio/genExceptions.sh
+++ b/make/java/nio/genExceptions.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ gen() {
   echo '-->' $DST/$ID.java
   out=$DST/${ID}.java
 
-  $SHELL addNotices.sh "$COPYRIGHT_YEARS" > $out
+  $SH ./addNotices.sh "$COPYRIGHT_YEARS" > $out
 
 cat >>$out <<__END__