diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
index 712a1377e2..1c3d87f861 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/bin/sh
 
-import sys
-
-sys.stderr.write('WARNING: git-remote-bzr is now maintained independently.\n')
-sys.stderr.write('WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr\n')
-
-sys.stderr.write('''WARNING:
+cat >&2 <<'EOT'
+WARNING: git-remote-bzr is now maintained independently.
+WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr
+WARNING:
 WARNING: You can pick a directory on your $PATH and download it, e.g.:
-WARNING:   $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-bzr \\
+WARNING:   $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-bzr \
 WARNING:     https://raw.github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr/master/git-remote-bzr
 WARNING:   $ chmod +x $HOME/bin/git-remote-bzr
-''')
+EOT
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index 4255ad6312..8e9188364c 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/bin/sh
 
-import sys
-
-sys.stderr.write('WARNING: git-remote-hg is now maintained independently.\n')
-sys.stderr.write('WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg\n')
-
-sys.stderr.write('''WARNING:
+cat >&2 <<'EOT'
+WARNING: git-remote-hg is now maintained independently.
+WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg
+WARNING:
 WARNING: You can pick a directory on your $PATH and download it, e.g.:
-WARNING:   $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-hg \\
+WARNING:   $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-hg \
 WARNING:     https://raw.github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg/master/git-remote-hg
 WARNING:   $ chmod +x $HOME/bin/git-remote-hg
-''')
+EOT