diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
index a7d2ac9f93..e4fdfb0a19 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ class CustomTree():
             add_entry(fid, dirname, 'directory')
             return fid
 
-        def add_entry(fid, path, kind, mode = None):
+        def add_entry(fid, path, kind, mode=None):
             dirname, basename = os.path.split(path)
             parent_fid = get_parent(dirname, basename)
 
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ class CustomTree():
             self.files[path] = [change[0], None]
             changes.append(change)
 
-        def update_entry(fid, path, kind, mode = None):
+        def update_entry(fid, path, kind, mode=None):
             dirname, basename = os.path.split(path)
             parent_fid = get_parent(dirname, basename)
 
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index 0194c67fb1..5734049d0b 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ def do_export(parser):
             author, msg = parsed_tags.get(tag, (None, None))
             if mode == 'git':
                 if not msg:
-                    msg = 'Added tag %s for changeset %s' % (tag, node[:12]);
+                    msg = 'Added tag %s for changeset %s' % (tag, node[:12])
                 tagnode, branch = write_tag(parser.repo, tag, node, msg, author)
                 p_revs[tagnode] = 'refs/heads/branches/' + gitref(branch)
             else: