diff --git a/.restyled.yaml b/.restyled.yaml
index a57f9ce75a838a..32a77fee6fe5f9 100644
--- a/.restyled.yaml
+++ b/.restyled.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ exclude:
     - "zzz_generated/**/*" # already clang-formatted by our zap tooling
     - "src/controller/java/generated/java/**/*" # not formatted: generated files
     - "src/controller/java/zap-generated/**/*" # not formatted: generated files
+    - "scripts/setup/bootstrap.sh" # tries to quote loop variable
 
 
 changed_paths:
diff --git a/scripts/setup/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/setup/bootstrap.sh
index 925183b9e3f353..2fea8adc8f702d 100644
--- a/scripts/setup/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup/bootstrap.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _install_additional_pip_requirements() {
     shift
 
     # figure out additional pip install items
-    while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         case $1 in
             -p | --platform)
                 _SETUP_PLATFORM=$2
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@ _install_additional_pip_requirements() {
         esac
     done
 
-    if ! [ -z "$_SETUP_PLATFORM" ]; then
+    if [ -n "$_SETUP_PLATFORM" ]; then
+        _OLD_IFS=$IFS
+        IFS=","
         if [ -n "$ZSH_VERSION" ]; then
-            IFS="," read -r -A _PLATFORMS <<<"$_SETUP_PLATFORM"
-        else
-            IFS="," read -r -a _PLATFORMS <<<"$_SETUP_PLATFORM"
+            setopt local_options shwordsplit
         fi
-        for platform in "${_PLATFORMS[@]}"; do
+
+        for platform in ${_SETUP_PLATFORM}; do
             # Allow none as an alias of nothing extra installed (like -p none)
             if [ "$platform" != "none" ]; then
                 echo "Installing pip requirements for $platform..."
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ _install_additional_pip_requirements() {
                     -c "$_CHIP_ROOT/scripts/setup/constraints.txt"
             fi
         done
+        IFS=$_OLD_IFS
+        unset _OLD_IFS
         unset _PLATFORMS
     fi