diff --git a/lib/CREDITS b/lib/CREDITS
index 2f3c154700..b38b863961 100644
--- a/lib/CREDITS
+++ b/lib/CREDITS
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 @iE-mail: forenr () tlc ! unipr ! it
    Italian translations, many bug fixes and features
 @bGilbert J. M. Forkel
-@iE-mail: gilbert () erlangen ! ccc ! de>
+@iE-mail: gilbert () erlangen ! ccc ! de
    Bug fixes
 @bEitan Frachtenberg
 @iE-mail: sky8an () gmail ! com
diff --git a/lib/generate_contributions.py b/lib/generate_contributions.py
index ec30f86a1b..b796457f29 100755
--- a/lib/generate_contributions.py
+++ b/lib/generate_contributions.py
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ contributors = [
                  u"Italian translations, many bug fixes and features"),
 
      contributor(u"Gilbert J. M. Forkel",
-                 "gilbert () erlangen ! ccc ! de>",
+                 "gilbert () erlangen ! ccc ! de",
                  "GPL",
                  "GPL",
                  "m=153286983821872",