diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
index 054161ae21..7e345320ad 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ import StringIO
 import atexit, shutil, hashlib, urlparse, subprocess
 
 NAME_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+)')
-AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+?)? ?<([^<>]*)>$')
-EMAIL_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+[^ \\\t<>])?\\b(?:[ \\t<>]*?)\\b([^ \\t<>]+@[^ \\t<>]+)')
+AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+?)? ?[<>]([^<>]*)(?:$|>)')
+EMAIL_RE = re.compile(r'([^ \t<>]+@[^ \t<>]+)')
 RAW_AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^(\w+) (.+)? <(.*)> (\d+) ([+-]\d+)')
 
 def die(msg, *args):
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ def fixup_user(user):
     else:
         m = EMAIL_RE.match(user)
         if m:
-            name = m.group(1)
-            mail = m.group(2)
+            mail = m.group(1)
         else:
             m = NAME_RE.match(user)
             if m:
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index c6026b9bed..30402d5532 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ import time as ptime
 #
 
 NAME_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+)')
-AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+?)? ?<([^<>]*)>$')
-EMAIL_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+[^ \\\t<>])?\\b(?:[ \\t<>]*?)\\b([^ \\t<>]+@[^ \\t<>]+)')
+AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+?)? ?[<>]([^<>]*)(?:$|>)')
+EMAIL_RE = re.compile(r'([^ \t<>]+@[^ \t<>]+)')
 AUTHOR_HG_RE = re.compile('^(.*?) ?<(.*?)(?:>(.+)?)?$')
 RAW_AUTHOR_RE = re.compile('^(\w+) (?:(.+)? )?<(.*)> (\d+) ([+-]\d+)')
 
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ def fixup_user_git(user):
     else:
         m = EMAIL_RE.match(user)
         if m:
-            name = m.group(1)
-            mail = m.group(2)
+            mail = m.group(1)
         else:
             m = NAME_RE.match(user)
             if m:
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh
index 642ad938cd..347e812923 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-hg.sh
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ test_expect_success 'authors' '
 	author_test theta "theta < test@example.com >" "theta <test@example.com>" &&
 	author_test iota "iota >test@example.com>" "iota <test@example.com>" &&
 	author_test kappa "kappa < test <at> example <dot> com>" "kappa <unknown>" &&
-	author_test lambda "lambda@example.com" "Unknown <lambda@example.com>"
+	author_test lambda "lambda@example.com" "Unknown <lambda@example.com>" &&
+	author_test mu "mu.mu@example.com" "Unknown <mu.mu@example.com>"
 	) &&
 
 	git clone "hg::hgrepo" gitrepo &&