diff --git a/swbundle/add_coastlines.sh b/swbundle/add_coastlines.sh
index 38e1c66c..1759350b 100755
--- a/swbundle/add_coastlines.sh
+++ b/swbundle/add_coastlines.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/add_colormap.sh b/swbundle/add_colormap.sh
index d2588db1..e29987ce 100755
--- a/swbundle/add_colormap.sh
+++ b/swbundle/add_colormap.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/convert_grids_conf_to_yaml.sh b/swbundle/convert_grids_conf_to_yaml.sh
index a38fa150..40cb1b3c 100755
--- a/swbundle/convert_grids_conf_to_yaml.sh
+++ b/swbundle/convert_grids_conf_to_yaml.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 # input into another program.
 # Documentation: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/software/polar2grid/
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/download_pyspectral_data.sh b/swbundle/download_pyspectral_data.sh
index 5e882431..1fe5f697 100755
--- a/swbundle/download_pyspectral_data.sh
+++ b/swbundle/download_pyspectral_data.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/env.sh b/swbundle/env.sh
index 3d9e4b0d..67bbd6a5 100644
--- a/swbundle/env.sh
+++ b/swbundle/env.sh
@@ -30,16 +30,7 @@
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
 # where are we?
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do
-    NEWSRC="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
-    if [ ! -e "$NEWSRC" ]; then
-        # probably a relative link
-        NEWSRC="$(cd $(dirname "$SOURCE"); pwd)/$NEWSRC"
-    fi
-    SOURCE=$NEWSRC
-done
-THIS_SCRIPT_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+THIS_SCRIPT_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 P2G_CONDA_BASE="${THIS_SCRIPT_HOME}/libexec/python_runtime"
 P2G_METADATA="${P2G_CONDA_BASE}/lib/python*/site-packages/polar2grid-*.dist-info/METADATA"
 METADATA_CHECKSUM=$(${P2G_CONDA_BASE}/bin/openssl sha256 $P2G_METADATA)
diff --git a/swbundle/geo2grid.sh b/swbundle/geo2grid.sh
index 18609f52..dda408b0 100755
--- a/swbundle/geo2grid.sh
+++ b/swbundle/geo2grid.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/gtiff2kmz.sh b/swbundle/gtiff2kmz.sh
index ec2db013..15c4e4ec 100755
--- a/swbundle/gtiff2kmz.sh
+++ b/swbundle/gtiff2kmz.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/gtiff2mp4.sh b/swbundle/gtiff2mp4.sh
index e072718a..cc194bbf 100755
--- a/swbundle/gtiff2mp4.sh
+++ b/swbundle/gtiff2mp4.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/hdf5_backend.sh b/swbundle/hdf5_backend.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cd2cc11c..00000000
--- a/swbundle/hdf5_backend.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# encoding: utf-8
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC),
-#  University of Wisconsin-Madison.
-#
-#     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-#     (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#     GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# This file is part of the polar2grid software package. Polar2grid takes
-# satellite observation data, remaps it, and writes it to a file format for
-# input into another program.
-# Documentation: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/software/polar2grid/
-#
-#     Written by David Hoese    December 2014
-#     University of Wisconsin-Madison
-#     Space Science and Engineering Center
-#     1225 West Dayton Street
-#     Madison, WI  53706
-#     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
-
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
-
-# Setup necessary environments
-# __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
-
-# Call the python module to do the processing, passing all arguments
-${P2G_SHELLB3_DIR}/bin/python -m polar2grid.hdf5_backend  -vv $@
diff --git a/swbundle/overlay.sh b/swbundle/overlay.sh
index 954dd649..039a3fd3 100755
--- a/swbundle/overlay.sh
+++ b/swbundle/overlay.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/p2g_compare.sh b/swbundle/p2g_compare.sh
index d5af025e..d260fa1f 100755
--- a/swbundle/p2g_compare.sh
+++ b/swbundle/p2g_compare.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 # input into another program.
 # Documentation: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/software/polar2grid/
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/p2g_grid_helper.sh b/swbundle/p2g_grid_helper.sh
index 36d6d53a..d38d72d4 100755
--- a/swbundle/p2g_grid_helper.sh
+++ b/swbundle/p2g_grid_helper.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
 if [ -z "$POLAR2GRID_HOME" ]; then
-  export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+  export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 fi
 
 # Setup necessary environments
diff --git a/swbundle/polar2grid.sh b/swbundle/polar2grid.sh
index 7f84d044..25c5a778 100755
--- a/swbundle/polar2grid.sh
+++ b/swbundle/polar2grid.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__
diff --git a/swbundle/reproject_goes.sh b/swbundle/reproject_goes.sh
index 00690707..b30efd9b 100755
--- a/swbundle/reproject_goes.sh
+++ b/swbundle/reproject_goes.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 #     Madison, WI  53706
 #     david.hoese@ssec.wisc.edu
 
-SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
-export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
+export POLAR2GRID_HOME="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )" && cd .. && pwd )"
 
 # Setup necessary environments
 # __SWBUNDLE_ENVIRONMENT_INJECTION__