diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 272bffa724..080af8b7db 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,38 +13,51 @@ OPM_VERSION=v1.28.0
 OPM=$(LOCALBIN)/opm-$(OPM_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: \
+	fmt \
+	vet \
 	build \
-	gen-protobuf \
-	clean \
 	ocs-operator \
+	ocs-metrics-exporter \
+	gen-latest-csv \
+	verify-latest-csv \
+	gen-release-csv \
 	operator-bundle \
 	verify-operator-bundle \
-	gen-latest-csv \
-	gen-latest-deploy-yaml \
+	operator-catalog \
+	deps-update \
+	verify-deps \
+	gen-protobuf \
 	gen-latest-prometheus-rules-yamls \
+	gen-latest-deploy-yaml \
 	verify-latest-deploy-yaml \
-	verify-latest-csv \
 	cluster-deploy \
 	cluster-clean \
+	unit-test \
 	functest \
 	shellcheck-test \
 	golangci-lint \
-	update-generated \
 	ocs-operator-ci \
-	unit-test \
-	deps-update
-
-deps-update:
-	@echo "Running deps-update"
-	go mod tidy && go mod vendor
+	generate \
+	manifests \
+	verify-generated \
+	run \
+	clean \
+	controller-gen \
+	kustomize \
+	operator-sdk \
+	opm \
+	install-noobaa \
+	install-ocs
+
+fmt:
+	go fmt ./...
 
-operator-sdk:
-	@echo "Ensuring operator-sdk"
-	hack/ensure-operator-sdk.sh
+vet:
+	go vet ./...
 
-build: deps-update generate gen-protobuf
+build: fmt vet deps-update generate
 
-ocs-operator: build
+ocs-operator: build gen-protobuf
 	@echo "Building the ocs-operator image"
 	hack/build-operator.sh
 
@@ -52,49 +65,54 @@ ocs-metrics-exporter: build
 	@echo "Building the ocs-metrics-exporter image"
 	hack/build-metrics-exporter.sh
 
-gen-protobuf:
-	@echo "Generating protobuf files for gRPC services"
-	hack/gen-protobuf.sh
-
 gen-latest-csv: operator-sdk manifests kustomize
 	@echo "Generating latest development CSV version using predefined ENV VARs."
 	hack/generate-latest-csv.sh
 
-gen-release-csv: operator-sdk manifests kustomize
-	@echo "Generating unified CSV from sourced component-level operators"
-	hack/generate-unified-csv.sh
-
-gen-latest-deploy-yaml:
-	@echo "Generating latest deployment yaml file"
-	hack/gen-deployment-yaml.sh
-
-gen-latest-prometheus-rules-yamls:
-	@echo "Generating latest Prometheus rules yamls"
-	hack/gen-promethues-rules.sh
-
-verify-latest-deploy-yaml: gen-latest-deploy-yaml
-	@echo "Verifying deployment yaml changes"
-	hack/verify-latest-deploy-yaml.sh
-
 verify-latest-csv: gen-latest-csv
 	@echo "Verifying latest CSV"
 	hack/verify-latest-csv.sh
 
-verify-operator-bundle: operator-sdk
-	@echo "Verifying operator bundle"
-	hack/verify-operator-bundle.sh
+# This target is used in DownStream build scripts
+gen-release-csv: operator-sdk manifests kustomize
+	@echo "Generating unified CSV from sourced component-level operators"
+	hack/generate-unified-csv.sh
 
 operator-bundle: gen-latest-csv
 	@echo "Building ocs operator bundle"
 	hack/build-operator-bundle.sh
 
-operator-catalog:
+verify-operator-bundle: operator-sdk
+	@echo "Verifying operator bundle"
+	hack/verify-operator-bundle.sh
+
+operator-catalog: opm
 	@echo "Building ocs catalog image in file based catalog format"
 	hack/build-operator-catalog.sh
 
-clean:
-	@echo "cleaning previous outputs"
-	hack/clean.sh
+deps-update:
+	@echo "Running deps-update"
+	go mod tidy && go mod vendor
+
+verify-deps: deps-update
+	@echo "Verifying dependency files"
+	hack/verify-dependencies.sh
+
+gen-protobuf:
+	@echo "Generating protobuf files for gRPC services"
+	hack/gen-protobuf.sh
+
+gen-latest-prometheus-rules-yamls:
+	@echo "Generating latest Prometheus rules yamls"
+	hack/gen-promethues-rules.sh
+
+gen-latest-deploy-yaml:
+	@echo "Generating latest deployment yaml file"
+	hack/gen-deployment-yaml.sh
+
+verify-latest-deploy-yaml: gen-latest-deploy-yaml
+	@echo "Verifying deployment yaml changes"
+	hack/verify-latest-deploy-yaml.sh
 
 cluster-deploy: cluster-clean
 	@echo "Deploying ocs to cluster"
@@ -104,6 +122,9 @@ cluster-clean:
 	@echo "Removing ocs install from cluster"
 	hack/cluster-clean.sh
 
+unit-test:
+	@echo "Executing unit tests"
+	hack/unit-test.sh
 
 functest:
 	@echo "Running ocs developer functional test suite"
@@ -117,16 +138,6 @@ golangci-lint:
 	@echo "Running golangci-lint run"
 	hack/golangci_lint.sh
 
-lint: ## Run golangci-lint inside a container
-	source hack/common.sh; source hack/docker-common.sh; \
-	$${IMAGE_BUILD_CMD} run --rm -v $${PROJECT_DIR}:/app:Z -w /app $${GO_LINT_IMG} golangci-lint run ./...
-
-# ignoring the functest dir since it requires an active cluster
-# use 'make functest' to run just the functional tests
-unit-test:
-	@echo "Executing unit tests"
-	hack/unit-test.sh
-
 ocs-operator-ci: shellcheck-test golangci-lint unit-test verify-deps verify-generated verify-latest-csv verify-operator-bundle verify-latest-deploy-yaml
 
 # Generate code
@@ -139,13 +150,7 @@ manifests: controller-gen
 	@echo Updating generated manifests
 	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) rbac:roleName=manager-role crd:generateEmbeddedObjectMeta=true paths=./api/... webhook paths="./..." output:crd:artifacts:config=config/crd/bases
 
-verify-deps: deps-update
-	@echo "Verifying dependency files"
-	hack/verify-dependencies.sh
-
-update-generated: generate manifests
-
-verify-generated: update-generated
+verify-generated: generate manifests
 	@echo "Verifying generated code and manifests"
 	hack/verify-generated.sh
 
@@ -157,6 +162,10 @@ run: manifests generate
 	go vet ./...
 	go run ./main.go $(ARGS)
 
+clean:
+	@echo "cleaning previously fetched & built tools/binaries"
+	hack/clean.sh
+
 # find or download controller-gen if necessary
 controller-gen:
 ifeq ($(wildcard ${CONTROLLER_GEN}),)
@@ -173,6 +182,7 @@ endif
 kustomize:
 ifeq ($(wildcard ${KUSTOMIZE}),)
 	@echo "Installing kustomize@${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION} at ${KUSTOMIZE}"
+	@mkdir -p $(LOCALBIN)
 	@curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"  | bash -s -- $(subst v,,$(KUSTOMIZE_VERSION)) $(LOCALBIN)
 else ifneq ($(shell ${KUSTOMIZE} version | awk -F'[ /]' '/Version/{print $$2}'), $(KUSTOMIZE_VERSION))
 	@echo "Installing newer kustomize@${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION} at ${KUSTOMIZE}"
diff --git a/hack/common.sh b/hack/common.sh
index 99e8c49635..5865fd636e 100644
--- a/hack/common.sh
+++ b/hack/common.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@ GOARCH="${GOARCH:-amd64}"
 GOHOSTOS="$(go env GOHOSTOS)"
 GOHOSTARCH="$(go env GOHOSTARCH)"
 
-GO_LINT_IMG_LOCATION="${GO_LINT_IMG_LOCATION:-golangci/golangci-lint}"
-GO_LINT_IMG_TAG="${GO_LINT_IMG_TAG:-v1.49.0}"
-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:-${DEFAULT_CSV_VERSION}}"
+CSV_VERSION="${CSV_VERSION:-4.14.0}"
 VERSION="${VERSION:-${CSV_VERSION}}"
 LDFLAGS="-X github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/v4/version.Version=${CSV_VERSION}"
 
@@ -53,31 +48,18 @@ LATEST_ROOK_CSIADDONS_IMAGE="quay.io/csiaddons/k8s-sidecar:v0.6.0"
 # TODO: change image once the quay repo is changed
 LATEST_MUST_GATHER_IMAGE="quay.io/ocs-dev/ocs-must-gather:latest"
 
-DEFAULT_IMAGE_REGISTRY="quay.io"
-DEFAULT_REGISTRY_NAMESPACE="ocs-dev"
-DEFAULT_IMAGE_TAG="latest"
-DEFAULT_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME="ocs-operator"
-DEFAULT_OPERATOR_BUNDLE_NAME="ocs-operator-bundle"
-DEFAULT_FILE_BASED_CATALOG_NAME="ocs-operator-catalog"
-DEFAULT_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE_NAME="ocs-metrics-exporter"
-
-IMAGE_REGISTRY="${IMAGE_REGISTRY:-${DEFAULT_IMAGE_REGISTRY}}"
-REGISTRY_NAMESPACE="${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE:-${DEFAULT_REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}}"
-OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME="${OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME:-${DEFAULT_OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME}}"
-OPERATOR_BUNDLE_NAME="${OPERATOR_BUNDLE_NAME:-${DEFAULT_OPERATOR_BUNDLE_NAME}}"
-FILE_BASED_CATALOG_NAME="${FILE_BASED_CATALOG_NAME:-${DEFAULT_FILE_BASED_CATALOG_NAME}}"
-METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE_NAME="${METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE_NAME:-${DEFAULT_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE_NAME}}"
-IMAGE_TAG="${IMAGE_TAG:-${DEFAULT_IMAGE_TAG}}"
-
-DEFAULT_OPERATOR_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-DEFAULT_BUNDLE_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${OPERATOR_BUNDLE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-DEFAULT_FILE_BASED_CATALOG_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${FILE_BASED_CATALOG_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-DEFAULT_METRICS_EXPORTER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
-
-OPERATOR_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${OPERATOR_FULL_IMAGE_NAME:-${DEFAULT_OPERATOR_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}"
-BUNDLE_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${BUNDLE_FULL_IMAGE_NAME:-${DEFAULT_BUNDLE_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}"
-FILE_BASED_CATALOG_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${FILE_BASED_CATALOG_FULL_IMAGE_NAME:-${DEFAULT_FILE_BASED_CATALOG_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}"
-METRICS_EXPORTER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${METRICS_EXPORTER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME:-${DEFAULT_METRICS_EXPORTER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME}}"
+IMAGE_REGISTRY="quay.io"
+REGISTRY_NAMESPACE="ocs-dev"
+IMAGE_TAG="latest"
+OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME="ocs-operator"
+OPERATOR_BUNDLE_NAME="ocs-operator-bundle"
+FILE_BASED_CATALOG_NAME="ocs-operator-catalog"
+METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE_NAME="ocs-metrics-exporter"
+
+OPERATOR_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+BUNDLE_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${OPERATOR_BUNDLE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+FILE_BASED_CATALOG_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${FILE_BASED_CATALOG_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
+METRICS_EXPORTER_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_NAMESPACE}/${METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
 
 NOOBAA_BUNDLE_FULL_IMAGE_NAME="quay.io/noobaa/noobaa-operator-bundle:master-20230718"