diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/cdtdebug.sh b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/cdtdebug.sh
index a20f1a2cd9a..45385049ec8 100755
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/cdtdebug.sh
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/cdtdebug.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ mkdir -p $HOME/cdtdebugger
 cp config.ini $HOME/cdtdebugger
 cp dev.properties $HOME/cdtdebugger
 fi
-pushd ../.. >/dev/null
+olddir=`pwd`
+cd ../..
 OSGI_JAR=`ls org.eclipse.osgi_*.jar`
 SWT_JAR=`ls org.eclipse.swt.*.jar`
 SWT_PLUGIN=`echo $SWT_JAR | sed -e "s/_[0-9]*\..*.jar//"`
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ FS_PLUGIN=`echo $FS_JAR | sed -e "s/_[0-9]*\..*.jar//"`
 LINUX_JAR=`ls org.eclipse.cdt.core.linux.*.jar`
 LINUX_PLUGIN=`echo $LINUX_JAR | sed -e "s/_[0-9]*\..*.jar//"`
 cd ..; ECLIPSE_HOME=`pwd`
-popd >/dev/null
+cd $olddir
 $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse -clean -product org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application.product \
 -data $HOME/workspace-gdbstandlone -configuration file\:$HOME/cdtdebugger \
 -dev file\:$HOME/cdtdebugger/dev.properties $@ \
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/install.sh b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/install.sh
index d67df88789c..adb56c1059d 100755
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.application/scripts/install.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ cp config.ini $HOME/cdtdebugger
 cp dev.properties $HOME/cdtdebugger
 cp cdtdebug.sh $HOME/cdtdebugger
 chmod +x $HOME/cdtdebugger/cdtdebug.sh
-pushd ../.. >/dev/null
+olddir=`pwd`
+cd ../..
 PLUGINS_DIR=`pwd`
-popd >/dev/null
-sed -i -e "s,pushd ../..,pushd $PLUGINS_DIR," $HOME/cdtdebugger/cdtdebug.sh
-echo "Installation complete"
\ No newline at end of file
+cd $olddir
+sed -i -e "s,cd ../..,cd $PLUGINS_DIR," $HOME/cdtdebugger/cdtdebug.sh
+echo "Installation complete"