diff --git a/scripts/k8s/cleanup.sh b/scripts/k8s/cleanup.sh
index daa7e17048fba..b4a82657ed2ef 100755
--- a/scripts/k8s/cleanup.sh
+++ b/scripts/k8s/cleanup.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 NAMESPACE="${NAMESPACE:-stackrox}"
 
-kubectl delete namespace ${NAMESPACE} || true
+kubectl delete namespace "${NAMESPACE}" || true
 
 NAMESPACE_GONE=1
 until [ $NAMESPACE_GONE -eq 0 ]
 do
-    NAMESPACE_GONE=$(kubectl get namespaces -o json | jq .items[].status.phase | grep "Terminating" | wc -l)
+    NAMESPACE_GONE=$(kubectl get namespaces -o json | jq .items[].status.phase | grep -c "Terminating")
     echo -en "\rTerminating StackRox namespace....                                     "
     sleep 1
 done
diff --git a/scripts/style/shellcheck_skip.txt b/scripts/style/shellcheck_skip.txt
index 291b83f899cf5..f6741185deab3 100644
--- a/scripts/style/shellcheck_skip.txt
+++ b/scripts/style/shellcheck_skip.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ scripts/ci/sensorbundle-label/list-resources.sh
 scripts/connect-ui.sh
 scripts/ensure_image.sh
 scripts/grab-data-from-central.sh
-scripts/k8s/cleanup.sh
 scripts/k8s/kill-pod.sh
 scripts/k8s/local-port-forward.sh
 scripts/mergeswag.sh