diff --git a/tests/lib/snaps.sh b/tests/lib/snaps.sh
index 6a17c2bd4ec..28370bf9d70 100644
--- a/tests/lib/snaps.sh
+++ b/tests/lib/snaps.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ make_snap() {
     local SNAP_DIR="${2:-$TESTSLIB/snaps/${SNAP_NAME}}"
     local SNAP_VERSION="${3:-1.0}"
 
-    local META_FILE="$SNAP_DIR/meta/snap.yaml"
+    local META_FILE META_NAME SNAP_FILE
+    META_FILE="$SNAP_DIR/meta/snap.yaml"
     if [ ! -f "$META_FILE" ]; then
         echo "snap.yaml file not found for $SNAP_NAME snap"
         return 1
     fi
-    local META_NAME="$(grep '^name:' "$META_FILE" | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d ' ')"
-    local SNAP_FILE="${SNAP_DIR}/${META_NAME}_${SNAP_VERSION}_all.snap"
+    META_NAME="$(grep '^name:' "$META_FILE" | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d ' ')"
+    SNAP_FILE="${SNAP_DIR}/${META_NAME}_${SNAP_VERSION}_all.snap"
     # assigned in a separate step to avoid hiding a failure
     if [ ! -f "$SNAP_FILE" ]; then
         snap pack "$SNAP_DIR" "$SNAP_DIR" >/dev/null
diff --git a/tests/lib/tools/snaps-state b/tests/lib/tools/snaps-state
index e704361b332..e3d913ed986 100755
--- a/tests/lib/tools/snaps-state
+++ b/tests/lib/tools/snaps-state
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ pack_local() {
     local SNAP_DIR="${2:-$TESTSLIB/snaps/${SNAP_NAME}}"
     local SNAP_VERSION="${3:-1.0}"
 
-    local META_FILE="$SNAP_DIR/meta/snap.yaml"
+    local META_FILE META_NAME SNAP_FILE
+    META_FILE="$SNAP_DIR/meta/snap.yaml"
     if [ ! -f "$META_FILE" ]; then
         echo "snap.yaml file not found for $SNAP_NAME snap"
         return 1
     fi
-    local META_NAME="$(grep '^name:' "$META_FILE" | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d ' ')"
-    local SNAP_FILE="${SNAP_DIR}/${META_NAME}_${SNAP_VERSION}_all.snap"
+    META_NAME="$(grep '^name:' "$META_FILE" | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d ' ')"
+    SNAP_FILE="${SNAP_DIR}/${META_NAME}_${SNAP_VERSION}_all.snap"
     # assigned in a separate step to avoid hiding a failure
     if [ ! -f "$SNAP_FILE" ]; then
         snap pack "$SNAP_DIR" "$SNAP_DIR" >/dev/null