diff --git a/tools/git-contrib.sh b/tools/git-contrib.sh
index b40e97ba62..cc0f99169c 100755
--- a/tools/git-contrib.sh
+++ b/tools/git-contrib.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 set -eu
 
 git shortlog -s `git describe --abbrev=0`.. | \
-    cut -c8- | \
-    sed 's/ / /g' | \
-    awk '{ print $$0 "," }' | \
-    sed -e 's/ / /g' | \
+    awk '{ $1=""; print $0 "," }' | \
     sort -u