diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
index d9c32f4864745320b6594d614849035db0c95606..5dfa070b64e6e4607adaa436d4aa839c9de5f9e4 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ test_expect_success 'strip' '
 
   echo four >> content &&
   bzr commit -m four &&
-  bzr log --line | sed -e "s/^[0-9]\+: //" > ../expected
+  bzr log --line | sed -e "s/^[0-9][0-9]*: //" > ../expected
   ) &&
 
   (cd gitrepo &&