diff --git a/tools/unix/generate_mwm.sh b/tools/unix/generate_mwm.sh
index f8d45608b8..66f1dffe36 100755
--- a/tools/unix/generate_mwm.sh
+++ b/tools/unix/generate_mwm.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ elif [ "$MODE" == "routing" ]; then
   OSRM="$INTDIR/tmp.osrm"
   export STXXLCFG=~/.stxxl
   # just a guess
-  OSMCONVERT="${OSMCONVERT:-~/osmctools/osmconvert}"
+  OSMCONVERT="${OSMCONVERT:-$HOME/osmctools/osmconvert}"
   if [ ! -x "$OSMCONVERT" ]; then
     OSMCONVERT="$INTDIR/osmconvert"
     wget -O - http://m.m.i24.cc/osmconvert.c | cc -x c - -lz -O3 -o $OSMCONVERT
diff --git a/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh b/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
index 9b7fba8639..dc1f4f1376 100755
--- a/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
+++ b/tools/unix/generate_planet.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ set -u # Fail on undefined variables
 set -x # Echo every script line
 
 # Initialize everything. For variables with X="${X:-...}" you can override a default value
-PLANET="${PLANET:-~/planet/planet-latest.o5m}"
+PLANET="${PLANET:-$HOME/planet/planet-latest.o5m}"
 [ ! -r "$PLANET" -a -z "$OPT_DOWNLOAD" ] && fail "Please put planet file into $PLANET, use -U, or specify correct PLANET variable"
 OMIM_PATH="${OMIM_PATH:-$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."; pwd)}"
 DATA_PATH="$OMIM_PATH/data"
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ DATA_PATH="$OMIM_PATH/data"
 TARGET="${TARGET:-$DATA_PATH}"
 mkdir -p "$TARGET"
 INTDIR="${INTDIR:-$TARGET/intermediate_data}"
-OSMCTOOLS="${OSMCTOOLS:-~/osmctools}"
+OSMCTOOLS="${OSMCTOOLS:-$HOME/osmctools}"
 [ ! -d "$OSMCTOOLS" ] && OSMCTOOLS="$INTDIR"
 MERGE_COASTS_DELAY=2400 # in seconds
 # set to "mem" if there is more than 64 GB of memory
diff --git a/tools/unix/generate_planet_routing.sh b/tools/unix/generate_planet_routing.sh
index 32a861562a..3b09519ab2 100755
--- a/tools/unix/generate_planet_routing.sh
+++ b/tools/unix/generate_planet_routing.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ OSRM_FLAG="${OSRM_FLAG:-$INTDIR/osrm_done}"
 
 if [ "$1" == "prepare" ]; then
   rm -f "$OSRM_FLAG"
-  PLANET="${PLANET:-~/planet/planet-latest.o5m}"
+  PLANET="${PLANET:-$HOME/planet/planet-latest.o5m}"
   OSRM_PATH="${OSRM_PATH:-$OMIM_PATH/3party/osrm/osrm-backend}"
   OSRM_BUILD_PATH="${OSRM_BUILD_PATH:-$OSRM_PATH/build}"
   [ ! -x "$OSRM_BUILD_PATH/osrm-extract" ] && fail "Please compile OSRM binaries to $OSRM_BUILD_PATH"
-  OSMCTOOLS="${OSMCTOOLS:-~/osmctools}"
+  OSMCTOOLS="${OSMCTOOLS:-$HOME/osmctools}"
   [ ! -d "$OSMCTOOLS" ] && OSMCTOOLS="$INTDIR"
   [ ! -x "$OSMCTOOLS/osmconvert" ] && wget -q -O - http://m.m.i24.cc/osmconvert.c | cc -x c - -lz -O3 -o "$OSMCTOOLS/osmconvert"
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if [ "$1" == "prepare" ]; then
 
   REGIONS=${REGIONS:-$(ls $BORDERS_PATH/*.poly | xargs -I % basename % .poly)}
   [ -z "$REGIONS" ] && fail "No regions to create routing files for"
-  echo "$REGIONS" | xargs -P $NUM_PROCESSES -I % "$OSMCTOOLS/osmconvert" $PLANET --hash-memory=2000 -B=$BORDERS_PATH/%.poly --complex-ways --out-pbf -o=$INTDIR/%.pbf &>~/split_planet_osmconvert.log
+  echo "$REGIONS" | xargs -P $NUM_PROCESSES -I % "$OSMCTOOLS/osmconvert" $PLANET --hash-memory=2000 -B=$BORDERS_PATH/%.poly --complex-ways --out-pbf -o=$INTDIR/%.pbf
 
   export STXXLCFG=~/.stxxl
   echo "$REGIONS" | while read REGION ; do