diff --git a/core/c/jbigi/build_jbigi.sh b/core/c/jbigi/build_jbigi.sh
index 73cc5db8344c60075acb07798e5200ef4d036a5c..6926bdee4c011be8ba80075af05fefa01c47525d 100755
--- a/core/c/jbigi/build_jbigi.sh
+++ b/core/c/jbigi/build_jbigi.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if [ -z $BITS ]; then
     exit
   fi
 
-  printf "\aBITS variable not set, $BITS bit system detected\n\a" >&2
+  printf "BITS variable not set, $BITS bit system detected\n" >&2
 fi
 
 # If JAVA_HOME isn't set we'll try to figure it out
diff --git a/core/c/jcpuid/build.sh b/core/c/jcpuid/build.sh
index 98fb67ab6305524b951f82fbcdc1c599304d23ee..8c8a9af098b5e1f5744e6a59f3e9aaeb4aef248a 100755
--- a/core/c/jcpuid/build.sh
+++ b/core/c/jcpuid/build.sh
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ if [ -z $BITS ]; then
     exit
   fi
 
-  printf "\aBITS variable not set, $BITS bit system detected\n\a" >&2
+  printf "BITS variable not set, $BITS bit system detected\n" >&2
 fi
 
 
 if [ -z $CC ]; then
   export CC="gcc"
-  printf "\aCC variable not set, defaulting to $CC\n\a" >&2
+  printf "CC variable not set, defaulting to $CC\n" >&2
 fi
 
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ elif [ $BITS -eq 64 ]; then
   export CFLAGS="-m64 -mtune=generic"
   export LDFLAGS="-m64"
 else
-  printf "\aBITS value \"$BITS\" not valid, please select 32 or 64\n\a" >&2
+  printf "BITS value \"$BITS\" not valid, please select 32 or 64\n" >&2
   exit 1
 fi