diff --git a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
index a6acf8d9cb..e826c556af 100755
--- a/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-image-qemu.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
 fi
 
 disk_usage() {
-    du -sm "$1" | cut -f1
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2003
+    expr "$(du -sk "$1" | cut -f1)" / 1024
 }
 
 DISK_SIZE=$(($(disk_usage "$SERENITY_ROOT/Base") + $(disk_usage Root) + 100))
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ printf "creating new filesystem... "
 if [ "$(uname -s)" = "OpenBSD" ]; then
     VND=$(vnconfig _disk_image)
     (echo "e 0"; echo 83; echo n; echo 0; echo "*"; echo "quit") | fdisk -e "$VND"
-    mkfs.ext2 -I 128 -F "/dev/${VND}i" || die "could not create filesystem"
+    newfs_ext2fs -D 128 "/dev/r${VND}i" || die "could not create filesystem"
 elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
     MD=$(mdconfig _disk_image)
     mke2fs -q -I 128 _disk_image || die "could not create filesystem"
diff --git a/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh b/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh
index fc3280cce4..08252e0136 100755
--- a/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh
+++ b/Meta/build-root-filesystem.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ mkdir -p mnt/dev
 echo "done"
 
 printf "writing version file... "
-GIT_HASH=$( (git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1 | head -c 7) || true )
+GIT_HASH=$( (git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1 | cut -c1-7) || true )
 printf "[Version]\nMajor=1\nMinor=0\nGit=%s\n" "$GIT_HASH" > mnt/res/version.ini
 echo "done"
 
diff --git a/Meta/write-only-on-difference.sh b/Meta/write-only-on-difference.sh
index a6485e79a9..ecddbc7c59 100755
--- a/Meta/write-only-on-difference.sh
+++ b/Meta/write-only-on-difference.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ trap cleanup 0 1 2 3 6
 "$@" > "${DST_FILE}.tmp"
 # If we get here, the command was successful, and we can overwrite the destination.
 
-if ! cmp --quiet -- "${DST_FILE}.tmp" "${DST_FILE}"; then
+if ! cmp -s -- "${DST_FILE}.tmp" "${DST_FILE}"; then
     # File changed, need to overwrite:
     mv -f -- "${DST_FILE}.tmp" "${DST_FILE}"
 fi
diff --git a/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh b/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh
index 694c674e36..9974c03c29 100755
--- a/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh
+++ b/Toolchain/BuildIt.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ echo "$DIR"
 ARCH=${ARCH:-"i686"}
 TARGET="$ARCH-pc-serenity"
 PREFIX="$DIR/Local/$ARCH"
-BUILD=$(realpath "$DIR/../Build")
+BUILD="$DIR/../Build"
 SYSROOT="$BUILD/Root"
 
 MAKE="make"
 MD5SUM="md5sum"
 NPROC="nproc"
+REALPATH="realpath"
 
 if command -v ginstall &>/dev/null; then
     INSTALL=ginstall
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "OpenBSD" ]; then
     MAKE=gmake
     MD5SUM="md5 -q"
     NPROC="sysctl -n hw.ncpuonline"
+    REALPATH="readlink -f"
     export CC=egcc
     export CXX=eg++
     export with_gmp=/usr/local
@@ -41,6 +43,12 @@ elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
     export with_mpfr=/usr/local
 fi
 
+# On at least OpenBSD, the path must exist to call realpath(3) on it
+if [ ! -d "$BUILD" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$BUILD"
+fi
+BUILD=$($REALPATH "$BUILD")
+
 git_patch=
 while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
     case $1 in
@@ -236,7 +244,7 @@ pushd "$DIR/Build/$ARCH"
         mkdir -p "$BUILD"
         pushd "$BUILD"
             mkdir -p Root/usr/include/
-            SRC_ROOT=$(realpath "$DIR"/..)
+            SRC_ROOT=$($REALPATH "$DIR"/..)
             FILES=$(find "$SRC_ROOT"/Userland/Libraries/LibC "$SRC_ROOT"/Userland/Libraries/LibM -name '*.h' -print)
             for header in $FILES; do
                 target=$(echo "$header" | sed -e "s@$SRC_ROOT/Userland/Libraries/LibC@@" -e "s@$SRC_ROOT/Userland/Libraries/LibM@@")