diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 74e62a78..1341c5d1 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -29,29 +29,13 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.8.2</version>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution><!-- Run our version calculation script -->
-					<id>Run tests</id>
-					<phase>test</phase>
-					<goals>
-						<goal>exec</goal>
-					</goals>
-					<configuration>
-						<executable>${basedir}/src/test/bash/run-bats.sh</executable>
-					</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
 			<id>docs</id>
 			<build>
-				<plugins>				
+				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -71,5 +55,35 @@
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
 		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>unix</id>
+			<activation>
+				<os>
+					<family>unix</family>
+					<name>Linux</name>
+				</os>
+			</activation>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>Run tests</id>
+								<phase>test</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>exec</goal>
+								</goals>
+								<configuration>
+									<skip>${skipTests}</skip>
+									<executable>${basedir}/src/test/bash/run-bats.sh</executable>
+								</configuration>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh b/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh
index df46e940..818c58e6 100755
--- a/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh
+++ b/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh
@@ -20,25 +20,13 @@ if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
     usage
 fi
 
-function shellcheck_installed() {
-    shellcheck --version && return 0 || return 1
-}
-
 SHELLCHECK_VERSION="v0.6.0"
-SHELLCHECK_INSTALLED="$( shellcheck_installed && echo "true" || echo "false" )"
-echo "Shellcheck installed? [${SHELLCHECK_INSTALLED}]"
-if [[ "${SHELLCHECK_INSTALLED}" != "false" ]]; then
-    SHELLCHECK_BIN="shellcheck"
-else
-    SHELLCHECK_BIN="${ROOT_DIR}/../target/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
-fi
-echo "Shellcheck binary location [${SHELLCHECK_BIN}]"
+SHELLCHECK_BIN="${ROOT_DIR}/../target/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
 
 case $1 in
     download-shellcheck)
-        if [[ "${OSTYPE}" == linux* && ! -z "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}" && "${SHELLCHECK_INSTALLED}" == "false" ]]; then
+        if [[ "${OSTYPE}" == linux* && ! -z "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}" ]]; then
             SHELLCHECK_ARCHIVE="shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz"
-            SHELLCHECK_ARCHIVE_SHA512SUM="d88733e95aea8e970c373a3f677a3eb272f14c12d3e9c93f81463b5fe406b43acdd3046d10c092f40c070a96a5fac1cf7e18b35ed790d76ecced6af32e2c8a85"
             if [[ -x "${ROOT_DIR}/../target/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck" ]]; then
                 echo "shellcheck already downloaded - skipping..."
                 exit 0
@@ -46,24 +34,18 @@ case $1 in
             wget -P "${ROOT_DIR}/../target/" \
                 "https://storage.googleapis.com/shellcheck/${SHELLCHECK_ARCHIVE}"
             pushd "${ROOT_DIR}/../target/"
-            echo "${SHELLCHECK_ARCHIVE_SHA512SUM} ${SHELLCHECK_ARCHIVE}" | sha512sum -c -
             tar xvf "${SHELLCHECK_ARCHIVE}"
             rm -vf -- "${SHELLCHECK_ARCHIVE}"
             popd
         else
-            if [[ "${SHELLCHECK_INSTALLED}" == "false" ]]; then
-                echo "It seems that automatic installation is not supported on your platform."
-                echo "Please install shellcheck manually:"
-                echo "    https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck#installing"
-                exit 1
-            fi
+            echo "It seems that automatic installation is not supported on your platform."
+            echo "Please install shellcheck manually:"
+            echo "    https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck#installing"
+            exit 1
         fi
         ;;
     run-shellcheck)
             echo "Running shellcheck"
-            if [[ "${SHELLCHECK_INSTALLED}" != "false" ]]; then
-                SHELLCHECK_BIN="shellcheck"
-            fi
             "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}" "${ROOT_DIR}"/src/main/asciidoc/*.sh
             echo "Shellcheck passed sucessfully!"
         ;;