diff --git a/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml b/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
index 2e916a734..f0644118a 100644
--- a/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/java/res/values-fr/donottranslate.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 -->
 <resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
     <!-- Symbols that are normally preceded by a space (used to add an auto-space before these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{*&amp;;:!?</string>
+    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{&amp;;:!?</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally followed by a space (used to add an auto-space after these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}*&amp;</string>
+    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that separate words -->
     <!-- Don't remove the enclosing double quotes, they protect whitespace (not just U+0020) -->
     <string name="symbols_word_separators">"&#x0009;&#x0020;\n"()[]{}*&amp;&lt;&gt;+=|.,;:!?/_\"</string>
diff --git a/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml b/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml
index d2554ee5f..5e990edd9 100644
--- a/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml
+++ b/java/res/values/donottranslate.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     <!-- Symbols that are suggested between words -->
     <string name="suggested_punctuations">!,?,\\,,:,;,\",(,),\',-,/,@,_</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally preceded by a space (used to add an auto-space before these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{*&amp;</string>
+    <string name="symbols_preceded_by_space">([{&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that are normally followed by a space (used to add an auto-space after these) -->
-    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}*&amp;</string>
+    <string name="symbols_followed_by_space">.,;:!?)]}&amp;</string>
     <!-- Symbols that separate words -->
     <!-- Don't remove the enclosing double quotes, they protect whitespace (not just U+0020) -->
     <string name="symbols_word_separators">"&#x0009;&#x0020;\n"()[]{}*&amp;&lt;&gt;+=|.,;:!?/_\"</string>