diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 090f24839700..2f3230db7ffb 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ my %VCS_cmds;
 my %VCS_cmds_git = (
     "execute_cmd" => \&git_execute_cmd,
     "available" => '(which("git") ne "") && (-d ".git")',
-    "find_signers_cmd" => "git log --since=\$email_git_since -- \$file",
-    "find_commit_signers_cmd" => "git log -1 \$commit",
+    "find_signers_cmd" => "git log --no-color --since=\$email_git_since -- \$file",
+    "find_commit_signers_cmd" => "git log --no-color -1 \$commit",
     "blame_range_cmd" => "git blame -l -L \$diff_start,+\$diff_length \$file",
     "blame_file_cmd" => "git blame -l \$file",
     "commit_pattern" => "^commit [0-9a-f]{40,40}",