diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 option(BINARY_ICONS_RESOURCE "Install Qt binary resource files containing breeze icons (breeze-icons.rcc, breeze-icons-dark.rcc)" ON)
 option(SKIP_INSTALL_ICONS "Skip installing the icons files" OFF)
 
+option(VALIDATE_ICONS "Run xmllint on the svg icons" OFF)
+
 if(BINARY_ICONS_RESOURCE)
     find_package(Qt5 NO_MODULE REQUIRED Core)
     add_executable(qrcAlias qrcAlias.cpp)
@@ -64,16 +66,13 @@
 endfunction()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT WIN32)
-  find_program(BASH_EXE bash)
-  if (BASH_EXE)
-      file(GLOB_RECURSE SVGS "*.svg")
-      add_custom_target(breeze-validate-svg ALL
-          COMMAND ${BASH_EXE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/validate_svg.sh
-          WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-          SOURCES ${SVGS}
-      )
-  endif()
+if(NOT WIN32) and (VALIDATE_ICONS)
+  file(GLOB_RECURSE SVGS "*.svg")
+  add_custom_target(breeze-validate-svg ALL
+      COMMAND ${BASH_EXE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/validate_svg.sh
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+      SOURCES ${SVGS}
+  )
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(autotests)
diff --git a/icons-dark/light2Dark b/icons-dark/light2Dark
--- a/icons-dark/light2Dark
+++ b/icons-dark/light2Dark
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 # convert light colors to breeze-dark colors
 
 find -name "*.svg" -o -name "*.SVG" | while read i;
diff --git a/optimize-svg.sh b/optimize-svg.sh
--- a/optimize-svg.sh
+++ b/optimize-svg.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 if ! command -v svgo >/dev/null
 then
diff --git a/validate_svg.sh b/validate_svg.sh
--- a/validate_svg.sh
+++ b/validate_svg.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 find . -name '*.svg' -exec xmllint --noout {} + 2> xmlerrors
 if [ -s xmlerrors ]; then