diff --git a/tools/kothic b/tools/kothic
index 60c342cea1..b8d935731e 160000
--- a/tools/kothic
+++ b/tools/kothic
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 60c342cea1da0e934b549df0d380b070f5d9a34b
+Subproject commit b8d935731e502c5390ba6764f32ba60be2fca884
diff --git a/tools/osmctools b/tools/osmctools
index 6da67ed2e1..96953b50c9 160000
--- a/tools/osmctools
+++ b/tools/osmctools
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6da67ed2e19bd1eb817ba5d16d1d52c193d61fd4
+Subproject commit 96953b50c96cee15f2742432cf7dea587be7c406
diff --git a/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh b/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
index 404163b330..4c08193ae8 100755
--- a/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
+++ b/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ if [ -n "${REGIONS:-}" ]; then
     log "BORDERS" "Note: old borders from $TARGET/borders were moved to $BORDERS_BACKUP_PATH"
     mv "$TARGET/borders"/*.poly "$BORDERS_BACKUP_PATH"
   fi
-  echo "$REGIONS" | xargs -I % cp "%" "$TARGET/borders/"
+  for i in $REGIONS; do
+    cp "$i" "$TARGET/borders/"
+  done
 elif [ -z "${REGIONS-1}" ]; then
   # A user asked specifically for no regions
   NO_REGIONS=1