diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index e402200194..122f8568cb 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds
+++ b/scripts/feeds
@@ -517,19 +517,19 @@ sub install_src {
 	my $force = shift;
 	my $ret = 0;
 
-	$feed = lookup_src($feed, $name);
-	unless ($feed) {
+	my $select_feed = lookup_src($feed, $name);
+	unless ($select_feed) {
 		$installed{$name} and return 0;
 		$feed_src->{$name} or warn "WARNING: No feed for source package '$name' found\n";
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	# switch to the metadata for the selected feed
-	get_feed($feed->[1]);
+	get_feed($select_feed->[1]);
 	my $src = $feed_src->{$name} or return 1;
 
 	# enable force flag if feed src line was declared with --force
-	if (exists($feed->[3]{force})) {
+	if (exists($select_feed->[3]{force})) {
 		$force = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -557,12 +557,12 @@ sub install_src {
 	}
 
 	if ($override) {
-		warn "Overriding core package '$name' with version from $feed->[1]\n";
+		warn "Overriding core package '$name' with version from $select_feed->[1]\n";
 	} else {
-		warn "Installing package '$name' from $feed->[1]\n";
+		warn "Installing package '$name' from $select_feed->[1]\n";
 	}
 
-	do_install_src($feed, $src) == 0 or do {
+	do_install_src($select_feed, $src) == 0 or do {
 		warn "failed.\n";
 		return 1;
 	};
@@ -597,15 +597,15 @@ sub install_package {
 	my $name = shift;
 	my $force = shift;
 
-	$feed = lookup_package($feed, $name);
-	unless ($feed) {
+	my $select_feed = lookup_package($feed, $name);
+	unless ($select_feed) {
 		$installed_pkg{$name} and return 0;
 		$feed_vpackage->{$name} or warn "WARNING: No feed for package '$name' found\n";
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	# switch to the metadata for the selected feed
-	get_feed($feed->[1]);
+	get_feed($select_feed->[1]);
 	my $pkg = $feed_vpackage->{$name} or return 1;
 	return install_src($feed, $pkg->[0]{src}{name}, $force);
 }
@@ -615,14 +615,12 @@ sub install_target_or_package {
 	my $name = shift;
 	my $force = shift;
 
-	my $this_feed_target = lookup_target($feed, $name);
-	$this_feed_target and do {
-		return install_target($this_feed_target, $name);
+	lookup_target($feed, $name) and do {
+		return install_target($feed, $name);
 	};
 
-	my $this_feed_src = lookup_src($feed, $name);
-	$this_feed_src and do {
-		return install_src($this_feed_src, $name, $force);
+	lookup_src($feed, $name) and do {
+		return install_src($feed, $name, $force);
 	};
 
 	return install_package($feed, $name, $force);