diff --git a/config/boards/aml-s9xx-box.tvb b/config/boards/aml-s9xx-box.tvb
index 97a805f929c..f5771eb327b 100644
--- a/config/boards/aml-s9xx-box.tvb
+++ b/config/boards/aml-s9xx-box.tvb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Amlogic S9xx based TVBox 
+# Amlogic S9xx based TVBox
 BOARD_NAME="aml-s9xx-box"
 BOARDFAMILY="meson-gxl"
 BOARD_MAINTAINER="SteeManMI"
@@ -13,49 +13,48 @@ BOOT_LOGO="desktop"
 SRC_EXTLINUX="yes"
 SRC_CMDLINE='rootflags=data=writeback console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0'
 
-function aml-s9xx-box-bsp-cli-preinst() {
-    #update of the board bsp-cli package fails because the filesystem type is
-    #fat and dpkg tries to create a hard link for the existing files as backup
-    #so rm the files instead in a preinst step
-    [ -f /boot/aml_autoscript ] && rm /boot/aml_autoscript
-    [ -f /boot/emmc_autoscript ] && rm /boot/emmc_autoscript
-    [ -f /boot/s905_autoscript ] && rm /boot/s905_autoscript
-    [ -f /boot/u-boot-s905 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905
-    [ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x-s912 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x-s912
-    [ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922
-    [ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x3 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x3
-    [ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoosx3 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoosx3
-    [ -f /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf.template ] && rm /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf.template
-    [ -f /boot/build-u-boot/readme.txt ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/readme.txt
-    [ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x-s912.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x-s912.patch
-    [ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922.patch
-    [ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3.patch
-    [ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoos-x3.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoos-x3.patch
-
-}
-
 function post_family_config__uboot_aml-s9xx-box() {
-    # This board type relies on the vendor installed u-boot on emmc to boot 
-
-    display_alert "$BOARD" "Configuring ($BOARD) non-u-boot" "info"
-
-    unset BOOTSOURCE
-    declare -g BOOTCONFIG='none'
+	# This board type relies on the vendor installed u-boot on emmc to boot
+	display_alert "$BOARD" "Configuring ($BOARD) non-u-boot" "info"
+	unset BOOTSOURCE
+	declare -g BOOTCONFIG='none'
 }
 
 function post_family_tweaks_bsp__config_aml-s9xx-box_bsp() {
-
-    display_alert "$BOARD" "Installing bsp files" "info"
-
-    cp -r "${SRC}"/packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/boot "${destination}"
-    install -D -m 744 "${SRC}"/packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/root/install-aml.sh "${destination}"/root/install-aml.sh
-    install -m 644 "${SRC}"/packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/root/fstab.template "${destination}"/root/fstab.template
-
-    display_alert "${BOARD}" "Removing armbian-install" "info"
-
-    rm "${destination}"/usr/sbin/armbian-install
-
-    display_alert "${BOARD}" "Adding bsp-cli preinst logic" "info"
-
-    preinst_functions+=('aml-s9xx-box-bsp-cli-preinst')
+	: "${destination:?destination is not set}"
+
+	display_alert "$BOARD" "Installing bsp files" "info"
+
+	# @TODO: rpardini: these files are NOT hashed in the bsp-cli package hash! Anytime there's a change on any of those files, this hook needs to be changed/updated as well, otherwise changes will be ignored
+	run_host_command_logged cp -rv "${SRC}"/packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/boot "${destination}"
+	run_host_command_logged install -v -D -m 744 "${SRC}"/packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/root/install-aml.sh "${destination}"/root/install-aml.sh
+	run_host_command_logged install -v -m 644 "${SRC}"/packages/bsp/aml-s9xx-box/root/fstab.template "${destination}"/root/fstab.template
+
+	display_alert "${BOARD}" "Removing armbian-install" "info"
+	rm "${destination}"/usr/sbin/armbian-install
+
+	display_alert "${BOARD}" "Adding bsp-cli preinst logic" "info"
+	# Inline function! So this function is automatically hashed when this hook is hashed.
+	function aml-s9xx-box-bsp-cli-preinst() {
+		#update of the board bsp-cli package fails because the filesystem type is
+		#fat and dpkg tries to create a hard link for the existing files as backup
+		#so rm the files instead in a preinst step
+		[ -f /boot/aml_autoscript ] && rm /boot/aml_autoscript
+		[ -f /boot/emmc_autoscript ] && rm /boot/emmc_autoscript
+		[ -f /boot/s905_autoscript ] && rm /boot/s905_autoscript
+		[ -f /boot/u-boot-s905 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905
+		[ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x-s912 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x-s912
+		[ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922
+		[ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x3 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x3
+		[ -f /boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoosx3 ] && rm /boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoosx3
+		[ -f /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf.template ] && rm /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf.template
+		[ -f /boot/build-u-boot/readme.txt ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/readme.txt
+		[ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x-s912.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x-s912.patch
+		[ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x2-s922.patch
+		[ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3.patch
+		[ -f /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoos-x3.patch ] && rm /boot/build-u-boot/u-boot-s905x3-ugoos-x3.patch
+		return 0 # short-circuits above, avoid errors
+	}
+	preinst_functions+=('aml-s9xx-box-bsp-cli-preinst')
+	if false; then aml-s9xx-box-bsp-cli-preinst; fi # so shellcheck stops complaining the function is unused. sorry
 }