diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 28e9108..11b9dda 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -109,25 +109,19 @@ runs:
           exit 1
         fi
 
-        json_get() { # file key
+        json_get() {
           if [ "$JSON" = "json_jq" ]; then
             jq -r --arg k "$2" '.[$k] // ""' "$1"
           else
-            python3 - "$1" "$2" <<'PYEOF'
-        import json, sys
-        print(json.load(open(sys.argv[1])).get(sys.argv[2], ""))
-        PYEOF
+            python3 -c 'import json,sys;print(json.load(open(sys.argv[1])).get(sys.argv[2],""))' "$1" "$2"
           fi
         }
 
-        urlenc() { # string
+        urlenc() {
           if [ "$JSON" = "json_jq" ]; then
             jq -nr --arg v "$1" '$v | @uri'
           else
-            python3 - "$1" <<'PYEOF'
-        import sys, urllib.parse
-        print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1], safe=""))
-        PYEOF
+            python3 -c 'import sys,urllib.parse;print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1],safe=""))' "$1"
           fi
         }
 
@@ -139,7 +133,6 @@ runs:
           REL_BODY="$(cat "$INPUT_BODY_PATH")"
         fi
 
-        # Minimal tag encoding for the lookup path (covers owner/name style tags).
         TAG_ENC="${TAG//\//%2F}"
 
         echo "Checking for existing release '$TAG' in $REPO ..."
@@ -164,19 +157,9 @@ runs:
         if [ -z "${REL_ID:-}" ]; then
           echo "Creating release '$TAG' ..."
           if [ "$JSON" = "json_jq" ]; then
-            PAYLOAD="$(jq -n --arg tag "$TAG" --arg name "$REL_NAME" --arg body "$REL_BODY" \
-              --argjson draft "$INPUT_DRAFT" --argjson pre "$INPUT_PRERELEASE" --arg target "$INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH" \
-              '{tag_name:$tag,name:$name,body:$body,draft:$draft,prerelease:$pre} + (if $target == "" then {} else {target_commitish:$target} end)')"
+            PAYLOAD="$(jq -n --arg tag "$TAG" --arg name "$REL_NAME" --arg body "$REL_BODY" --argjson draft "$INPUT_DRAFT" --argjson pre "$INPUT_PRERELEASE" --arg target "$INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH" '{tag_name:$tag,name:$name,body:$body,draft:$draft,prerelease:$pre} + (if $target == "" then {} else {target_commitish:$target} end)')"
           else
-            PAYLOAD="$(TAG="$TAG" REL_NAME="$REL_NAME" REL_BODY="$REL_BODY" INPUT_DRAFT="$INPUT_DRAFT" INPUT_PRERELEASE="$INPUT_PRERELEASE" INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH="$INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH" python3 <<'PYEOF'
-        import json, os
-        p = {"tag_name": os.environ["TAG"], "name": os.environ["REL_NAME"], "body": os.environ["REL_BODY"],
-             "draft": os.environ["INPUT_DRAFT"] == "true", "prerelease": os.environ["INPUT_PRERELEASE"] == "true"}
-        if os.environ["INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH"]:
-            p["target_commitish"] = os.environ["INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH"]
-        print(json.dumps(p))
-        PYEOF
-            )"
+            PAYLOAD="$(python3 -c 'import json,sys;tag,nam,bod,dr,pre,tgt=sys.argv[1:7];p={"tag_name":tag,"name":nam,"body":bod,"draft":dr=="true","prerelease":pre=="true"};p.update({"target_commitish":tgt} if tgt else {});print(json.dumps(p))' "$TAG" "$REL_NAME" "$REL_BODY" "$INPUT_DRAFT" "$INPUT_PRERELEASE" "$INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH")"
           fi
           HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sS -o /tmp/pr_created.json -w '%{http_code}' -X POST -H "$AUTH_HEADER" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$PAYLOAD" "$API/repos/$REPO/releases")
           if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "201" ]; then