diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index aa242d4f4f..76a75d0b3d 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ sub cmd_dcommit {
 		# information from different SVN repos, and paths
 		# which are not underneath this repository root.
 		my $rooturl = $gs->repos_root;
+	        Git::SVN::remove_username($rooturl);
 		foreach my $d (@$linear_refs) {
 			my %parentshash;
 			read_commit_parents(\%parentshash, $d);