diff --git a/src/cmd/initContainer.go b/src/cmd/initContainer.go
index 222aa42e1..41b825b33 100644
--- a/src/cmd/initContainer.go
+++ b/src/cmd/initContainer.go
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ var (
 		{"/run/udev/data", "/run/host/run/udev/data", ""},
 		{"/run/udev/tags", "/run/host/run/udev/tags", ""},
 		{"/tmp", "/run/host/tmp", "rslave"},
-		{"/var/lib/flatpak", "/run/host/var/lib/flatpak", "ro"},
+		{"/var/lib/flatpak", "/run/host/var/lib/flatpak", ""},
 		{"/var/lib/libvirt", "/run/host/var/lib/libvirt", ""},
-		{"/var/lib/systemd/coredump", "/run/host/var/lib/systemd/coredump", "ro"},
-		{"/var/log/journal", "/run/host/var/log/journal", "ro"},
+		{"/var/lib/systemd/coredump", "/run/host/var/lib/systemd/coredump", ""},
+		{"/var/log/journal", "/run/host/var/log/journal", ""},
 		{"/var/mnt", "/run/host/var/mnt", "rslave"},
 	}
 )
diff --git a/test/system/104-run.bats b/test/system/104-run.bats
index 117789657..035917c99 100644
--- a/test/system/104-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/104-run.bats
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -gt 0 ]
   assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
 
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1090
   source <(echo "$output")
   run echo "$name"
 
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -gt 0 ]
   assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
 
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1090
   source <(echo "$output")
   run echo "$name"
 
diff --git a/test/system/libs/helpers.bash b/test/system/libs/helpers.bash
index a905b351d..9ee702264 100644
--- a/test/system/libs/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/system/libs/helpers.bash
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function _pull_and_cache_distro_image() {
     assert_success
   fi
 
-  for ((i = ${num_of_retries}; i > 0; i--)); do
+  for ((i = num_of_retries; i > 0; i--)); do
     run $SKOPEO copy --dest-compress docker://${image} dir:${IMAGE_CACHE_DIR}/${image_archive}
 
     if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then