diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b9cb02..1a7de9e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def run(self):
                 cwd="virtme_ng_init",
             )
         # Generate bash autocompletion scripts
+        completion_command = ''
         if which("register-python-argcomplete"):
             completion_command = "register-python-argcomplete"
         elif which("register-python-argcomplete3"):
diff --git a/virtme/commands/configkernel.py b/virtme/commands/configkernel.py
index 26058e6..d59fa5b 100644
--- a/virtme/commands/configkernel.py
+++ b/virtme/commands/configkernel.py
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ def do_it():
 
     maketarget: Optional[str]
 
+    updatetarget = ""
     if args.allnoconfig:
         maketarget = "allnoconfig"
         updatetarget = "syncconfig"