diff --git a/.github/actions/artifact_delete/delete_artifact.sh b/.github/actions/artifact_delete/delete_artifact.sh
index 956927116d..9423048317 100755
--- a/.github/actions/artifact_delete/delete_artifact.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/artifact_delete/delete_artifact.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # get_artifact_id retrieves the artifact id of
 # an artifact that was generated by a workflow.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function get_artifact_id {
     -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
     --paginate \
     "/repos/edgelesssys/constellation/actions/runs/$1/artifacts" --jq ".artifacts |= map(select(.name==\"$2\")) | .artifacts[0].id" || exit 1)"
-  echo "$artifact_id"
+  echo "$artifact_id" | tr -d "\n"
 }
 
 # delete_artifact_by_id deletes an artifact by its artifact id.
@@ -25,14 +25,7 @@ function delete_artifact_by_id {
 workflow_id="$1"
 artifact_name="$2"
 
-if [[ -z $workflow_id ]]; then
-  echo "[X] No workflow id provided."
-  echo "Usage: delete_artifact.sh <WORKFLOW_ID> <ARTIFACT_NAME>"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ -z $artifact_name ]]; then
-  echo "[X] No artifact name provided."
+if [[ -z $workflow_id ]] || [[ -z $artifact_name ]]; then
   echo "Usage: delete_artifact.sh <WORKFLOW_ID> <ARTIFACT_NAME>"
   exit 1
 fi