diff --git a/Meta/.shell_include.sh b/Meta/.shell_include.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..bf883b63198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Meta/.shell_include.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+# SC2034: "Variable appears unused. Verify it or export it."
+#         Those are intentional here, as the file is meant to be included elsewhere.
+
+SUDO="sudo"
+
+if [ "$(uname -s)" = "SerenityOS" ]; then
+    SUDO="pls"
+fi
+
+die() {
+    echo "die: $*"
+    exit 1
+}
diff --git a/Meta/build-image-extlinux.sh b/Meta/build-image-extlinux.sh
index 863d91bb7e6..28407334417 100755
--- a/Meta/build-image-extlinux.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-image-extlinux.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-SUDO="sudo"
+script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 
-if [ "$(uname -s)" = "SerenityOS" ]; then
-    SUDO="pls"
-fi
-
-die() {
-    echo "die: $*"
-    exit 1
-}
+. "${script_path}/.shell_include.sh"
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ]; then
     set +e
@@ -98,7 +91,6 @@ mkdir -p mnt
 mount "${dev}${partition_number}" mnt/ || die "couldn't mount filesystem"
 echo "done"
 
-script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 "$script_path/build-root-filesystem.sh"
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
diff --git a/Meta/build-image-grub.sh b/Meta/build-image-grub.sh
index 4bb95b76678..c0720e335ac 100755
--- a/Meta/build-image-grub.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-image-grub.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-SUDO="sudo"
+script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 
-if [ "$(uname -s)" = "SerenityOS" ]; then
-    SUDO="pls"
-fi
-
-die() {
-    echo "die: $*"
-    exit 1
-}
+. "${script_path}/.shell_include.sh"
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ]; then
     set +e
@@ -116,7 +109,6 @@ mkdir -p mnt
 mount "${dev}${partition_number}" mnt/ || die "couldn't mount filesystem"
 echo "done"
 
-script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 "$script_path/build-root-filesystem.sh"
 
 if [ -z "$2" ]; then
diff --git a/Meta/build-image-limine.sh b/Meta/build-image-limine.sh
index b4c2ac8c3c3..94787a2740d 100755
--- a/Meta/build-image-limine.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-image-limine.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-SUDO="sudo"
+script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 
-if [ "$(uname -s)" = "SerenityOS" ]; then
-    SUDO="pls"
-fi
-
-die() {
-    echo "die: $*"
-    exit 1
-}
+. "${script_path}/.shell_include.sh"
 
 if [ ! -d "limine" ]; then
     echo "limine not found, the script will now build it"
@@ -102,7 +95,6 @@ mkdir -p mnt
 mount "${dev}p2" mnt || die "couldn't mount root filesystem"
 echo "done"
 
-script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 "$script_path/build-root-filesystem.sh"
 
 echo "installing limine"
diff --git a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
index 832bf683ba0..e94f3966893 100755
--- a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
@@ -14,16 +14,9 @@ fi
 
 set -e
 
-SUDO="sudo"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
 
-if [ "$(uname -s)" = "SerenityOS" ]; then
-    SUDO="pls"
-fi
-
-die() {
-    echo "die: $*"
-    exit 1
-}
+. "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.shell_include.sh"
 
 USE_FUSE2FS=0
 
@@ -66,7 +59,6 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
 
 # Prepend the toolchain qemu directory so we pick up QEMU from there
 PATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/../Toolchain/Local/qemu/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/Meta/build-native-partition.sh b/Meta/build-native-partition.sh
index fa73ad6da50..e702482ca51 100755
--- a/Meta/build-native-partition.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-native-partition.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-SUDO="sudo"
+script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 
-if [ "$(uname -s)" = "SerenityOS" ]; then
-    SUDO="pls"
-fi
-
-die() {
-    echo "die: $*"
-    exit 1
-}
+. "${script_path}/.shell_include.sh"
 
 cleanup() {
     if [ -d mnt ]; then
@@ -60,5 +53,4 @@ else
     echo "done"
 fi
 
-script_path=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
 "$script_path/build-root-filesystem.sh"