diff --git a/script/licenses b/script/licenses
index d1e85fe0d..c38b12258 100755
--- a/script/licenses
+++ b/script/licenses
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
 
+# Setup temporary directory to collect updated third-party source code
+export TEMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap "rm -fr ${TEMPDIR}" EXIT
+
+# Clear third-party source code to avoid stale content
 rm -rf third-party
 mkdir -p third-party
-export TEMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
-
-trap "rm -fr ${TEMPDIR}" EXIT
 
 for goos in linux darwin windows ; do
     # Note: we ignore warnings because we want the command to succeed, however the output should be checked
diff --git a/script/licenses-check b/script/licenses-check
index c19c9efb0..07f9dae8d 100755
--- a/script/licenses-check
+++ b/script/licenses-check
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
 
+# Setup temporary directory for generated license reports
+export TEMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap "rm -fr ${TEMPDIR}" EXIT
+
 for goos in linux darwin windows ; do
     # Note: we ignore warnings because we want the command to succeed, however the output should be checked
     #       for any new warnings, and potentially we may need to add license information.
@@ -9,13 +13,11 @@ for goos in linux darwin windows ; do
     #       Normally these warnings are packages containing non go code, which may or may not require explicit attribution,
     #       depending on the license.
     echo "Checking licenses for ${goos}..."
-    GOOS="${goos}" go-licenses report ./... --template .github/licenses.tmpl --ignore github.com/cli/cli > third-party-licenses.${goos}.copy.md || echo "Ignore warnings"
-    if ! diff -s third-party-licenses.${goos}.copy.md third-party-licenses.${goos}.md; then
+    GOOS="${goos}" go-licenses report ./... --template .github/licenses.tmpl --ignore github.com/cli/cli > "${TEMPDIR}/third-party-licenses.${goos}.md" || echo "Ignore warnings"
+    if ! diff -s "${TEMPDIR}/third-party-licenses.${goos}.md" "third-party-licenses.${goos}.md"; then
         echo "::error title=License check failed::Please update the license files by running \`script/licenses\` and committing the output."
-        rm -f third-party-licenses.${goos}.copy.md
         exit 1
     fi
-    rm -f third-party-licenses.${goos}.copy.md
 done
 
 echo "License check passed for all platforms."