diff --git a/build-fuzz-corpus-multiple-restarts.sh b/build-fuzz-corpus-multiple-restarts.sh
index f2aac884..8d584d60 100755
--- a/build-fuzz-corpus-multiple-restarts.sh
+++ b/build-fuzz-corpus-multiple-restarts.sh
@@ -8,35 +8,35 @@ mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_pre_fresh_blood"
 find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_pre_fresh_blood" ';' || true
 for i in $(seq 1 $NORMAL_RESTARTS); do
   find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_${i}" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_pre_fresh_blood" ';' || true
+  rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_${i}" || true
   echo "$(date): RESTART ${i}"
   mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" || true
   cargo fuzz run --all-features "fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -- \
     -dict=fuzz/fuzz.dict -max_len="$2" -fork="$ncpus" \
     -max_total_time=5100 -runs=100000000
-  mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_${i}" || true
-  find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_${i}" ';'
+  mv "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_${i}"
+  mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
 done
 
 find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_pre_fresh_blood" ';' || true
 rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless" || true
-mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless" || true
 echo "$(date): DICTIONARY-LESS RESTART"
 cargo fuzz run --all-features "fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -- \
   -max_len="$2" -fork="$ncpus" -max_total_time=5100 -runs=100000000
-find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless" ';'
+mv "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless"
+mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
 
 find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless_012byte" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_pre_fresh_blood" ';' || true
 rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless_012byte" || true
-mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless_012byte" || true
 echo "$(date): DICTIONARY-LESS RESTART WITH 0-2 BYTE CORPUS"
 tar -xvzf "fuzz/012byte.tar.gz" -C "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
 cargo fuzz run --all-features "fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -- \
   -max_len="$2" -fork="$ncpus" -max_total_time=5100 -runs=100000000
-find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless_012byte" ';'
+mv "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_dictionaryless_012byte"
+mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
 
 find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_012byte" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_pre_fresh_blood" ';' || true
 rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_012byte" || true
-mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_restart_012byte" || true
 echo "$(date): RESTART WITH DICTIONARY AND 0-2 BYTE CORPUS"
 tar -xvzf "fuzz/012byte.tar.gz" -C "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
 cargo fuzz run --all-features "fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -- \
diff --git a/recursive-fuzz-cmin.sh b/recursive-fuzz-cmin.sh
index b95ef387..466e0d7e 100755
--- a/recursive-fuzz-cmin.sh
+++ b/recursive-fuzz-cmin.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 set -euxo pipefail
 i=0
 rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_0" || true
-mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_0"
-find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_0" ';'
+mv "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_0"
+mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
 while true; do
   j=$((i + 1))
   rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_${i}.bak" || true
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ while true; do
   if diff "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_${i}.bak" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_${j}"; then
     # Last iteration made no difference, so we're done
     rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
-    mkdir "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
-    find "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_${j}" -type f -exec mv '{}' "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1" ';'
+    mv "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_${j}" "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1"
     rm -rf "fuzz/corpus/fuzz_$1_iter_${i}.bak"
     exit 0
   fi