diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c311bbee1..5d33e5d05 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ YARN:=yarn-not-found
 # if they fail, they stop the make process. As best I can tell there's no
 # way to get make to fail if a sub-shell command fails.
 .node-bin: etc/scripts/find-node
-	@etc/scripts/find-node > .node-bin
+	@etc/scripts/find-node .node-bin
 .yarn-bin: etc/scripts/find-yarn node-installed
-	@etc/scripts/find-yarn > .yarn-bin
+	@etc/scripts/find-yarn .yarn-bin
 
 # All targets that need node must depend on this to ensure the NODE variable
 # is appropriately set, and that PATH is updated so that yarn etc will use this
diff --git a/etc/scripts/find-node b/etc/scripts/find-node
index 8be05d64b..51e6c8089 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/find-node
+++ b/etc/scripts/find-node
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
+OUT="$1"
 
 find_node() {
     local NODE="${NODE_DIR}/bin/node"
@@ -39,4 +40,4 @@ if [[ ${NODE_MAJOR_VERSION} -gt ${NODE_VERSION_USED} ]]; then
     >&2 echo The higher node version might work but it has not been tested.
 fi
 
-echo ${NODE}
\ No newline at end of file
+echo ${NODE} > ${OUT}
diff --git a/etc/scripts/find-yarn b/etc/scripts/find-yarn
index f524b984f..fc98b1d8c 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/find-yarn
+++ b/etc/scripts/find-yarn
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
+OUT="$1"
 
 YARN=$(pwd)/node_modules/.bin/yarn
 
@@ -10,4 +11,4 @@ if [[ ! -x "${YARN}" ]]; then
     >&2 npm install yarn
 fi
 
-echo ${YARN}
\ No newline at end of file
+echo ${YARN} > ${OUT}