diff --git a/hack/common.sh b/hack/common.sh
index 2c7d5d8733..929a7a249f 100644
--- a/hack/common.sh
+++ b/hack/common.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ GO_LINT_IMG="${GO_LINT_IMG:-${GO_LINT_IMG_LOCATION}:${GO_LINT_IMG_TAG}}"
 # Current DEV version of the CSV
 DEFAULT_CSV_VERSION="4.14.0"
 CSV_VERSION="${CSV_VERSION:-${DEFAULT_CSV_VERSION}}"
+REPLACES_VERSION="${REPLACES_VERSION:-}"
+SKIP_RANGE=">=0.0.1 <${CSV_VERSION}"
 VERSION="${VERSION:-${CSV_VERSION}}"
 LDFLAGS="-X github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/v4/version.Version=${CSV_VERSION}"
 
diff --git a/hack/docker-common.sh b/hack/docker-common.sh
index cb4fa0d8ad..df99b8caaf 100644
--- a/hack/docker-common.sh
+++ b/hack/docker-common.sh
@@ -14,5 +14,3 @@ if [ -z "$IMAGE_BUILD_CMD" ]; then
     echo -e '\033[1;31m' "podman or docker not found on system" '\033[0m'
     exit 1
 fi
-
-IMAGE_RUN_CMD="${IMAGE_RUN_CMD:-${IMAGE_BUILD_CMD} run --rm -it}"
diff --git a/hack/generate-latest-csv.sh b/hack/generate-latest-csv.sh
index c654d3a7a0..2a653e7f46 100755
--- a/hack/generate-latest-csv.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-latest-csv.sh
@@ -4,28 +4,29 @@ set -e
 
 source hack/common.sh
 
-export SKIP_MINIMUM="0.0.1"
-export SKIP_RANGE=">=${SKIP_MINIMUM} <${CSV_VERSION}"
-
 # Current dependency images our DEV CSV are pinned to
+export OCS_IMAGE=${OCS_IMAGE:-${OPERATOR_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}
+export OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE=${OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE:-${METRICS_EXPORTER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}
 export ROOK_IMAGE=${ROOK_IMAGE:-${LATEST_ROOK_IMAGE}}
+export CEPH_IMAGE=${CEPH_IMAGE:-${LATEST_CEPH_IMAGE}}
 export NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE=${NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE:-${LATEST_NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE}}
 export NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE=${NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE:-${LATEST_NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE}}
-export CEPH_IMAGE=${CEPH_IMAGE:-${LATEST_CEPH_IMAGE}}
-export OCS_IMAGE=${OCS_IMAGE:-${OPERATOR_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}
-export OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE=${OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE:-${METRICS_EXPORTER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}
-export OCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE=${OCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE:-${LATEST_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE}}
 export ROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE=${ROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE:-${LATEST_ROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE}}
+export OCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE=${OCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE:-${LATEST_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE}}
 
 echo "=== Generating DEV CSV with the following vars ==="
 echo -e "\tCSV_VERSION=$CSV_VERSION"
+echo -e "\tREPLACES_VERSION=$REPLACES_VERSION"
+echo -e "\tSKIP_RANGE=$SKIP_RANGE"
+echo -e "\tOCS_IMAGE=$OCS_IMAGE"
+echo -e "\tOCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE=$OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE"
 echo -e "\tROOK_IMAGE=$ROOK_IMAGE"
 echo -e "\tCEPH_IMAGE=$CEPH_IMAGE"
 echo -e "\tNOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE=$NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE"
 echo -e "\tNOOBAA_DB_IMAGE=$NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE"
-echo -e "\tOCS_IMAGE=$OCS_IMAGE"
-echo -e "\tOCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE=$OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE"
-echo -e "\tOCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE=$OCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE"
 echo -e "\tROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE=$ROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE"
+echo -e "\tOCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE=$OCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE"
+
+hack/source-manifests.sh
 
 hack/generate-unified-csv.sh
diff --git a/hack/generate-unified-csv.sh b/hack/generate-unified-csv.sh
index ef51e1f4d1..955e66436b 100755
--- a/hack/generate-unified-csv.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-unified-csv.sh
@@ -8,49 +8,24 @@ CSV_MERGER="tools/csv-merger/csv-merger"
 
 (cd tools/csv-merger/ && go build -ldflags="${LDFLAGS}")
 
-function help_txt() {
-	echo "Environment Variables"
-	echo "    OCS_IMAGE:            (required) The ocs operator container image to integrate with"
-	echo "    OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE:            (required) The ocs metrics exporter container image to integrate with"
-	echo "    NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE:    (required) The noobaa core container image to integrate with"
-	echo "    NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE: 		(required) DB container image that is used by noobaa"
-	echo "    ROOK_IMAGE:           (required) The rook operator container image to integrate with"
-	echo "    CEPH_IMAGE:           (required) The ceph daemon container image to be deployed with storage clusters"
-	echo "    CSV_VERSION:          (required) The ocs-operator csv version that will be generated"
-	echo "    REPLACES_CSV_VERSION       (optional) The ocs-operator csv version this new csv will be updating"
-	echo "    SKIP_RANGE                 (optional) The skip range value set for this csv"
-	echo "    ROOK_CSI_CEPH_IMAGE        (optional) Sets custom image env var on the rook deployment spec"
-	echo "    ROOK_CSI_REGISTRAR_IMAGE   (optional) Sets custom image env var on the rook deployment spec"
-	echo "    ROOK_CSI_RESIZER_IMAGE     (optional) Sets custom image env var on the rook deployment spec"
-	echo "    ROOK_CSI_PROVISIONER_IMAGE (optional) Sets custom image env var on the rook deployment spec"
-	echo "    ROOK_CSI_SNAPSHOTTER_IMAGE (optional) Sets custom image env var on the rook deployment spec"
-	echo "    ROOK_CSI_ATTACHER_IMAGE    (optional) Sets custom image env var on the rook deployment spec"
-	echo ""
-	echo "Example usage:"
-	echo "    ROOK_IMAGE=<image> CSV_VERSION=<version> $0"
-}
-
 # check required env vars
-if [ -z "$NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE" ] || \
-   [ -z "$ROOK_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$CSV_VERSION" ] || [ -z "$OCS_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE" ] || \
-   [ -z "$CEPH_IMAGE" ]; then
-	help_txt
-	echo ""
+if [ -z "$CSV_VERSION" ] || [ -z "$OCS_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE" ] || \
+[ -z "$ROOK_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$CEPH_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE" ] \
+; then
 	echo "ERROR: Missing required environment variables"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-hack/source-manifests.sh
-
 # Merge component-level operators into ocs CSV
 $CSV_MERGER \
 	--csv-version="$CSV_VERSION" \
 	--replaces-csv-version="$REPLACES_CSV_VERSION" \
 	--skip-range="$SKIP_RANGE" \
-	--rook-csv-filepath=$ROOK_CSV \
-	--ocs-csv-filepath=$OCS_CSV \
+	--ocs-image="$OCS_IMAGE" \
+	--ocs-metrics-exporter-image="$OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE" \
 	--rook-image="$ROOK_IMAGE" \
 	--ceph-image="$CEPH_IMAGE" \
+	--rook-csiaddons-image="$ROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE" \
 	--rook-csi-ceph-image="$ROOK_CSI_CEPH_IMAGE" \
 	--rook-csi-registrar-image="$ROOK_CSI_REGISTRAR_IMAGE" \
 	--rook-csi-resizer-image="$ROOK_CSI_RESIZER_IMAGE" \
@@ -59,11 +34,10 @@ $CSV_MERGER \
 	--rook-csi-attacher-image="$ROOK_CSI_ATTACHER_IMAGE" \
 	--noobaa-core-image="$NOOBAA_CORE_IMAGE" \
 	--noobaa-db-image="$NOOBAA_DB_IMAGE" \
-	--ocs-image="$OCS_IMAGE" \
-	--ocs-metrics-exporter-image="$OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE" \
 	--ocs-must-gather-image="$OCS_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE" \
+	--rook-csv-filepath=$ROOK_CSV \
+	--ocs-csv-filepath=$OCS_CSV \
 	--crds-directory="$CRDS_DIR" \
 	--manifests-directory=$EXTRA_MANIFESTS_DIR \
 	--olm-bundle-directory="$BUNDLE_MANIFESTS_DIR" \
-	--timestamp="$TIMESTAMP" \
-	--rook-csiaddons-image="$ROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE"
+	--timestamp="$TIMESTAMP" 
diff --git a/hack/source-manifests.sh b/hack/source-manifests.sh
index e8494fcba9..3cf4f66bc2 100755
--- a/hack/source-manifests.sh
+++ b/hack/source-manifests.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# example: ROOK_IMAGE=build-e858f56d/ceph-amd64:latest OCS_IMAGE=placeholder CSV_VERSION=1.1.1 hack/generate-manifests.sh
-
 set -e
 
 source hack/common.sh
-
-function help_txt() {
-	echo "Environment Variables"
-	echo "    ROOK_IMAGE:           (required) The rook operator container image to integrate with"
-	echo ""
-	echo "Example usage:"
-	echo "    ROOK_IMAGE=<image> $0"
-}
+source hack/docker-common.sh
 
 # check required env vars
-if [ -z "$ROOK_IMAGE" ]; then
-	help_txt
-	echo ""
+if [ -z "$CSV_VERSION" ] || [ -z "$OCS_IMAGE" ] || [ -z "$ROOK_IMAGE" ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: Missing required environment variables"
 	exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/hack/verify-operator-bundle.sh b/hack/verify-operator-bundle.sh
index 0afe3bd584..80e199dc04 100755
--- a/hack/verify-operator-bundle.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-operator-bundle.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -e
 
 source hack/ensure-operator-sdk.sh
 
-${OPERATOR_SDK} bundle validate "$(dirname $OCS_FINAL_DIR)" --verbose
+${OPERATOR_SDK} bundle validate "$(dirname "$OCS_FINAL_DIR")" --verbose