diff --git a/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.cvs-cur b/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.cvs-cur
index c4f829304070..f6489adf2770 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.cvs-cur
+++ b/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.cvs-cur
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set CTMname	cvs-cur
 set CTMref	/home/ncvs
-set CTMdont	{\.core$|^/CVSROOT/history.*$|^/src/secure|^/src/eBones|^/src/kerberosIV|/#cvs|/\.#|^CVSROOT/val-tags$}
+set CTMdont	{\.core$|^/CVSROOT/history.*$|^/src/secure|^/src/eBones|^/src/kerberosIV|/#cvs|/\.#|^/CVSROOT/val-tags$}
 set CTMmail	ctm-cvs-cur-fast@freebsd.org
 set CTMqueuemail	ctm-cvs-cur@freebsd.org
 set CTMqueue	/home/ctm/queue/ctm-cvs-cur
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.smp-cur b/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.smp-cur
index 56d538d62672..19ac603a3fe8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.smp-cur
+++ b/usr.sbin/ctm/mkCTM/ctm_conf.smp-cur
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 set CTMname	smp-cur
 set CTMref	/home/smp
-set CTMdont	{\.core$|^/CVSROOT/history.*$|/#cvs|/\.#|^CVSROOT/val-tags$}
+set CTMdont	{\.core$|^/CVSROOT/history.*$|/#cvs|/\.#|^/CVSROOT/val-tags$}
 set CTMmail	smp-cvs-cur@freebsd.org