diff --git a/completions/open-iscsi b/completions/open-iscsi
index a6974175..0d01ca10 100644
--- a/completions/open-iscsi
+++ b/completions/open-iscsi
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ have iscsiadm || return
 
 _iscsiadm()
 {
-    local cur prev mode split=false
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
+    local split=false
     _split_longopt && split=true
 
     case $prev in
@@ -34,10 +33,9 @@ _iscsiadm()
     $split && return 0
 
     local options
-    if [[ $COMP_CWORD -gt 1 ]] ; then
-        mode=${COMP_WORDS[2]}
+    if [[ $cword -gt 1 ]] ; then
 
-        case $mode in
+        case ${words[2]} in
             discovery)
                 options='--help --version --debug --print --interface --type \
                     --portal --login --op --name --value'
diff --git a/completions/openldap b/completions/openldap
index 2f976e10..77b7f246 100644
--- a/completions/openldap
+++ b/completions/openldap
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ _ldap_protocols()
 
 _ldapsearch()
 {
-    local cur prev
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
     case $prev in
         -h)
@@ -61,10 +59,8 @@ complete -F _ldapsearch ldapsearch
 
 _ldapaddmodify()
 {
-    local cur prev options
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
     case $prev in
         -h)
@@ -86,9 +82,10 @@ _ldapaddmodify()
     esac
 
     if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
+        local options
         options='-c -S -n -v -M -MM -d -D -W -w -y -h -H -p -P -O -I \
             -Q -U -R -x -X -Y -Z -ZZ -f'
-        if [[ ${COMP_WORDS[0]} == ldapmodify ]]; then
+        if [[ ${words[0]} == ldapmodify ]]; then
             options+=" -a"
         fi
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$options" -- "$cur" ) )
@@ -98,10 +95,8 @@ complete -F _ldapaddmodify ldapadd ldapmodify
 
 _ldapdelete()
 {
-    local cur prev
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
     case $prev in
         -h)
@@ -131,10 +126,8 @@ complete -F _ldapdelete ldapdelete
 
 _ldapcompare()
 {
-    local cur prev
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
     case $prev in
         -h)
@@ -164,10 +157,8 @@ complete -F _ldapcompare ldapcompare
 
 _ldapmodrdn()
 {
-    local cur prev
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
     case $prev in
         -h)
@@ -197,10 +188,8 @@ complete -F _ldapmodrdn ldapmodrdn
 
 _ldapwhoami()
 {
-    local cur prev
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
     case $prev in
         -h)
@@ -230,10 +219,8 @@ complete -F _ldapwhoami ldapwhoami
 
 _ldappasswd()
 {
-    local cur prev
-
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
     case $prev in
         -h)
diff --git a/completions/openssl b/completions/openssl
index b5d191ea..fd76c055 100644
--- a/completions/openssl
+++ b/completions/openssl
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ _openssl_sections()
     local config f
 
     # check if a specific configuration file is used
-    for (( i=2; i < COMP_CWORD; i++ )); do
-        if [[ "${COMP_WORDS[i]}" == -config ]]; then
-            config=${COMP_WORDS[i+1]}
+    for (( i=2; i < cword; i++ )); do
+        if [[ "${words[i]}" == -config ]]; then
+            config=${words[i+1]}
             break
         fi
     done
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ _openssl_sections()
 
 _openssl()
 {
-    local cur prev commands command options formats
+    local cur prev words cword
+    _init_completion || return
 
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev
+    local commands command options formats
 
     commands='asn1parse ca ciphers crl crl2pkcs7 dgst dh dhparam dsa \
         dsaparam ec ecparam enc engine errstr gendh gendsa genrsa \
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ _openssl()
         rc2-40-cbc rc2-64-cbc rc2-cbc rc2-cfb rc2-ecb rc2-ofb rc4 \
         rc4-40'
 
-    if [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ]; then
+    if [ $cword -eq 1 ]; then
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$commands" -- "$cur" ) )
     else
-        command=${COMP_WORDS[1]}
+        command=${words[1]}
         case $prev in
             -CA|-CAfile|-CAkey|-CAserial|-cert|-certfile|-config|-content| \
             -dcert|-dkey|-dhparam|-extfile|-in|-inkey|-kfile|-key|-keyout| \