diff --git a/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts b/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts
index 2080154ba88f6..328c4d9e2c23c 100644
--- a/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts
+++ b/src/dev/storybook/commands/clean.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
  */
 
 import { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import del from 'del';
 
-export const clean = async ({ log, rootDir }: { log: ToolingLog; rootDir: string }) => {
+export const clean = async ({ log }: { log: ToolingLog }) => {
   log.info('Cleaning Storybook build folder');
 
-  const dir = join(rootDir, 'built_assets', 'storybook');
+  const dir = join(REPO_ROOT, 'built_assets', 'storybook');
   log.info('Deleting folder:', dir);
   await del([join(dir, '*')]);
   await del([dir]);
diff --git a/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts b/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts
index bc98157cf0f67..0f7dc40ceef0b 100644
--- a/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts
+++ b/src/dev/storybook/run_storybook_cli.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { run, createFlagError } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
+import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 import { storybookAliases } from './aliases';
 import { clean } from './commands/clean';
 
-const rootDir = join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..');
-
 run(
   async params => {
     const { flags, log } = params;
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@ run(
     } = flags;
 
     if (flags.verbose) {
-      log.info('Flags:', flags);
+      log.verbose('Flags:', flags);
     }
 
     if (flags.clean) {
-      await clean({ log, rootDir });
+      await clean({ log });
       return;
     }
 
@@ -49,9 +48,9 @@ run(
     }
 
     const relative = (storybookAliases as any)[alias];
-    const absolute = join(rootDir, relative);
+    const absolute = join(REPO_ROOT, relative);
 
-    log.info('Loading Storybook:', absolute);
+    log.verbose('Loading Storybook:', absolute);
     process.chdir(join(absolute, '..', '..'));
     require(absolute);
   },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/color_manager/color_manager.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/color_manager/color_manager.tsx
index 619ac6627fba7..c9db9a9ba3468 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/color_manager/color_manager.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/public/components/color_manager/color_manager.tsx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const ColorManager: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
         <EuiFieldText
           value={value}
           isInvalid={!validColor && value.length > 0}
-          placeholder={'strings.getCodePlaceholder()'}
+          placeholder={strings.getCodePlaceholder()}
           onChange={e => onChange(e.target.value)}
         />
       </EuiFlexItem>