diff --git a/pipelines/main/platforms/package_linux.yml b/pipelines/main/platforms/package_linux.yml
index 9abdcd16..60222f61 100644
--- a/pipelines/main/platforms/package_linux.yml
+++ b/pipelines/main/platforms/package_linux.yml
@@ -24,20 +24,11 @@ steps:
             - "/cache/repos:/cache/repos"
     timeout_in_minutes: ${TIMEOUT?}
     commands: |
-      echo "--- Print the full and short commit hashes"
-      SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH=10
-      LONG_COMMIT="$$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-      SHORT_COMMIT=`echo $${LONG_COMMIT:?} | cut -c1-$${SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH:?}`
-      ARTIFACT_FILENAME="julia-$${SHORT_COMMIT:?}-${PLATFORM?}${TAR_ARCH?}.tar.gz"
-      JULIA_BINARYDIST_FILENAME=`make print-JULIA_BINARYDIST_FILENAME ${MAKE_FLAGS?} | cut -c27- | tr -s ' '`
-      JULIA_BINARYDIST="$${JULIA_BINARYDIST_FILENAME:?}.tar.gz"
-
-      echo "The full commit is:                     $${LONG_COMMIT:?}"
-      echo "The short commit is:                    $${SHORT_COMMIT:?}"
-      echo "The artifact filename will be:    $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}"
+      # First, get things like `LONG_COMMIT` and `SHORT_COMMIT`, etc...
+      TAR_ARCH=${TAR_ARCH?} PLATFORM=${PLATFORM?} MAKE_FLAGS=${MAKE_FLAGS?} source .buildkite/utilities/calc_version_envs.sh
 
       echo "--- Build Julia from source"
-      rm -rf $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}
+      rm -rf $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME}
       make --output-sync -j 8 ${MAKE_FLAGS?}
 
       echo "--- Check that the working directory is clean"
@@ -55,10 +46,11 @@ steps:
 
       echo "--- Create build artifacts"
       make --output-sync -j 8 binary-dist ${MAKE_FLAGS?}
-      ls -l $${JULIA_BINARYDIST:?}
-      if [[ "$${JULIA_BINARYDIST:?}" != "$${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}" ]]; then
-          mv $${JULIA_BINARYDIST:?} $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}
+
+      # Rename the build artifact in case we want to name it differently, as is the case on `musl`.
+      if [[ "$${JULIA_BINARYDIST}" != "$${ARTIFACT_FILENAME}" ]]; then
+          mv $${JULIA_BINARYDIST} $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME}
       fi
-      ls -l $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}
+
       echo "--- Upload build artifacts"
-      buildkite-agent artifact upload $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}
+      buildkite-agent artifact upload $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME}
diff --git a/pipelines/main/platforms/tester_linux.yml b/pipelines/main/platforms/tester_linux.yml
index d9e8e5f0..2fd33c9a 100644
--- a/pipelines/main/platforms/tester_linux.yml
+++ b/pipelines/main/platforms/tester_linux.yml
@@ -30,31 +30,19 @@ steps:
     timeout_in_minutes: ${TIMEOUT_BK?}
     soft_fail: ${ALLOW_FAIL?}
     commands: |
-      echo "--- Print the full and short commit hashes"
-      SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH=10
-      LONG_COMMIT="$$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-      SHORT_COMMIT=`echo $${LONG_COMMIT:?} | cut -c1-$${SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH:?}`
-      JULIA_DIR="julia-$${SHORT_COMMIT:?}"
-      JULIA_BINARY="$${JULIA_DIR:?}/bin/julia"
-      ARTIFACT_FILENAME="julia-$${SHORT_COMMIT:?}-${PLATFORM?}${TAR_ARCH?}.tar.gz"
-      echo "The full commit is:                     $${LONG_COMMIT:?}"
-      echo "The short commit is:                    $${SHORT_COMMIT:?}"
-      echo "The artifact filename will be:    $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}"
-      echo "The Julia directory name will be: $${JULIA_DIR:?}"
-      echo "The Julia binary will be:         $${JULIA_BINARY:?}"
+      # First, get things like `LONG_COMMIT` and `SHORT_COMMIT`, etc...
+      TAR_ARCH=${TAR_ARCH?} PLATFORM=${PLATFORM?} MAKE_FLAGS=${MAKE_FLAGS?} source .buildkite/utilities/calc_version_envs.sh
 
       echo "--- Download build artifacts"
-      rm -rf $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?}
-      buildkite-agent artifact download $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?} .
+      buildkite-agent artifact download $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME} .
 
       echo "--- Extract build artifacts"
-      rm -rf $${JULIA_DIR:?}/
-      tar xzf $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME:?} $${JULIA_DIR:?}/
+      tar xzf $${ARTIFACT_FILENAME} $${JULIA_INSTALL_DIR}/
 
       echo "--- Print Julia version info"
-      $${JULIA_BINARY:?} -e 'using InteractiveUtils; InteractiveUtils.versioninfo()'
-      echo "JULIA_CPU_THREADS is: $${JULIA_CPU_THREADS:?}"
-      $${JULIA_BINARY:?} -e '@info "" Sys.CPU_THREADS'
+      $${JULIA_BINARY} -e 'using InteractiveUtils; InteractiveUtils.versioninfo()'
+      echo "JULIA_CPU_THREADS is: $${JULIA_CPU_THREADS}"
+      $${JULIA_BINARY} -e '@info "" Sys.CPU_THREADS'
 
       echo "--- Set some environment variables"
       export OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=8
@@ -64,7 +52,7 @@ steps:
       # Make sure that temp files and temp directories are created in a location that is
       # backed by real storage.
       export TMPDIR="$(pwd)/tmp"
-      mkdir -p $${TMPDIR:?}
+      mkdir -p $${TMPDIR}
 
       # By default, run all tests.
       export TESTS="all LibGit2/online --ci"
@@ -72,11 +60,11 @@ steps:
 
       # If we're running inside of `rr`, limit the number of threads
       if [[ "${IS_RR?}" == "yes" ]]; then
-        export JULIA_CMD_FOR_TESTS="$${JULIA_BINARY:?} .buildkite/utilities/rr/rr_capture.jl $${JULIA_BINARY:?}"
+        export JULIA_CMD_FOR_TESTS="$${JULIA_BINARY} .buildkite/utilities/rr/rr_capture.jl $${JULIA_BINARY}"
         export NCORES_FOR_TESTS="parse(Int, ENV[\"JULIA_RRCAPTURE_NUM_CORES\"])"
         export JULIA_NUM_THREADS=1
       else
-        export JULIA_CMD_FOR_TESTS="$${JULIA_BINARY:?}"
+        export JULIA_CMD_FOR_TESTS="$${JULIA_BINARY}"
         export NCORES_FOR_TESTS="Sys.CPU_THREADS"
         export JULIA_NUM_THREADS=16
       fi
diff --git a/utilities/calc_version_envs.sh b/utilities/calc_version_envs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d9dd6dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/calc_version_envs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "--- Print the full and short commit hashes"
+SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH=10
+LONG_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+SHORT_COMMIT="$(echo ${LONG_COMMIT} | cut -c1-${SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH})"
+ARTIFACT_FILENAME="julia-${SHORT_COMMIT}-${PLATFORM?}${TAR_ARCH?}.tar.gz"
+JULIA_BINARYDIST="$(make print-JULIA_BINARYDIST_FILENAME ${MAKE_FLAGS?} | cut -c27- | tr -s ' ').tar.gz"
+JULIA_INSTALL_DIR="julia-${SHORT_COMMIT}"
+JULIA_BINARY="${JULIA_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/julia"
+
+echo "The full commit is:                     ${LONG_COMMIT}"
+echo "The short commit is:                    ${SHORT_COMMIT}"
+echo "The artifact filename will be:    ${ARTIFACT_FILENAME}"
+echo "Julia will be installed to:       ${JULIA_BINARY}"