diff --git a/spacy/lang/char_classes.py b/spacy/lang/char_classes.py
index 4a5ee6d67..cb2e817d5 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/char_classes.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/char_classes.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ _punct = (
     r"… …… , : ; \! \? ¿ ؟ ¡ \( \) \[ \] \{ \} < > _ # \* & 。 ？ ！ ， 、 ； ： ～ · । ، ؛ ٪"
 )
 _quotes = r'\' " ” “ ` ‘ ´ ’ ‚ , „ » « 「 」 『 』 （ ） 〔 〕 【 】 《 》 〈 〉'
-_hyphens = r"\- – — \-\- \-\-\- —— ~"
+_hyphens = "- – — -- --- —— ~"
 
 # Various symbols like dingbats, but also emoji
 # Details: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/So
diff --git a/spacy/lang/fr/punctuation.py b/spacy/lang/fr/punctuation.py
index eda4c1593..1422b4194 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/fr/punctuation.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/fr/punctuation.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from ..char_classes import CONCAT_QUOTES, UNITS, ALPHA, ALPHA_LOWER, ALPHA_UPPER
 
 
 ELISION = " ' ’ ".strip().replace(" ", "").replace("\n", "")
-HYPHENS = r"\- – — ‐ ‑".strip().replace(" ", "").replace("\n", "")
+HYPHENS = r"- – — ‐ ‑".strip().replace(" ", "").replace("\n", "")
 
 
 _suffixes = (