diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index db001a5350b1e4..66bca71097f9fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1038,27 +1038,32 @@ lint-md-clean:
 lint-md-build:
 	@if [ ! -d tools/remark-cli/node_modules ]; then \
 		echo "Markdown linter: installing remark-cli into tools/"; \
-		cd tools/remark-cli && ../../$(NODE) ../../$(NPM) install; fi
+		cd tools/remark-cli && $(call available-node,$(run-npm-install)) fi
 	@if [ ! -d tools/remark-preset-lint-node/node_modules ]; then \
 		echo "Markdown linter: installing remark-preset-lint-node into tools/"; \
-		cd tools/remark-preset-lint-node && ../../$(NODE) ../../$(NPM) install; fi
+		cd tools/remark-preset-lint-node && $(call available-node,$(run-npm-install)) fi
+
 
 .PHONY: lint-md
 ifneq ("","$(wildcard tools/remark-cli/node_modules/)")
-LINT_MD_TARGETS = src lib benchmark tools/doc tools/icu
-LINT_MD_ROOT_DOCS := $(wildcard *.md)
-LINT_MD_FILES := $(shell find $(LINT_MD_TARGETS) -type f \
-  -not -path '*node_modules*' -name '*.md') $(LINT_MD_ROOT_DOCS)
-LINT_DOC_MD_FILES = $(shell ls doc/**/*.md)
 
-tools/.docmdlintstamp: $(LINT_DOC_MD_FILES)
+LINT_MD_DOC_FILES = $(shell ls doc/**/*.md)
+run-lint-doc-md = tools/remark-cli/cli.js -q -f $(LINT_MD_DOC_FILES)
+# Lint all changed markdown files under doc/
+tools/.docmdlintstamp: $(LINT_MD_DOC_FILES)
 	@echo "Running Markdown linter on docs..."
-	@$(NODE) tools/remark-cli/cli.js -q -f $(LINT_DOC_MD_FILES)
+	@$(call available-node,$(run-lint-doc-md))
 	@touch $@
 
-tools/.miscmdlintstamp: $(LINT_MD_FILES)
+LINT_MD_TARGETS = src lib benchmark tools/doc tools/icu
+LINT_MD_ROOT_DOCS := $(wildcard *.md)
+LINT_MD_MISC_FILES := $(shell find $(LINT_MD_TARGETS) -type f \
+  -not -path '*node_modules*' -name '*.md') $(LINT_MD_ROOT_DOCS)
+run-lint-misc-md = tools/remark-cli/cli.js -q -f $(LINT_MD_MISC_FILES)
+# Lint other changed markdown files maintained by us
+tools/.miscmdlintstamp: $(LINT_MD_MISC_FILES)
 	@echo "Running Markdown linter on misc docs..."
-	@$(NODE) tools/remark-cli/cli.js -q -f $(LINT_MD_FILES)
+	@$(call available-node,$(run-lint-misc-md))
 	@touch $@
 
 tools/.mdlintstamp: tools/.miscmdlintstamp tools/.docmdlintstamp
@@ -1072,43 +1077,33 @@ lint-md:
 endif
 
 LINT_JS_TARGETS = benchmark doc lib test tools
-LINT_JS_CMD = tools/node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js --cache \
-	--rulesdir=tools/eslint-rules --ext=.js,.mjs,.md \
-	$(LINT_JS_TARGETS)
+
+run-lint-js = tools/node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js --cache \
+	--rulesdir=tools/eslint-rules --ext=.js,.mjs,.md $(LINT_JS_TARGETS)
+run-lint-js-fix = $(run-lint-js) --fix
 
 .PHONY: lint-js-fix
 lint-js-fix:
-	@if [ -x $(NODE) ]; then \
-		$(NODE) $(LINT_JS_CMD) --fix; \
-	else \
-		node $(LINT_JS_CMD) --fix; \
-	fi
+	@$(call available-node,$(run-lint-js-fix))
 
 .PHONY: lint-js
 # Note that on the CI `lint-js-ci` is run instead.
 # Lints the JavaScript code with eslint.
 lint-js:
 	@echo "Running JS linter..."
-	@if [ -x $(NODE) ]; then \
-		$(NODE) $(LINT_JS_CMD); \
-	else \
-		node $(LINT_JS_CMD); \
-	fi
+	@$(call available-node,$(run-lint-js))
 
 jslint: lint-js
 	@echo "Please use lint-js instead of jslint"
 
+run-lint-js-ci = tools/lint-js.js $(PARALLEL_ARGS) -f tap -o test-eslint.tap \
+		$(LINT_JS_TARGETS)
+
 .PHONY: lint-js-ci
 # On the CI the output is emitted in the TAP format.
 lint-js-ci:
 	@echo "Running JS linter..."
-	@if [ -x $(NODE) ]; then \
-		$(NODE) tools/lint-js.js $(PARALLEL_ARGS) -f tap -o test-eslint.tap \
-		$(LINT_JS_TARGETS); \
-	else \
-		node tools/lint-js.js $(PARALLEL_ARGS) -f tap -o test-eslint.tap \
-		$(LINT_JS_TARGETS); \
-	fi
+	@$(call available-node,$(run-lint-js-ci))
 
 jslint-ci: lint-js-ci
 	@echo "Please use lint-js-ci instead of jslint-ci"