diff --git a/graphics/text/config.py b/graphics/text/config.py
index bca9fca5..4c5a164e 100644
--- a/graphics/text/config.py
+++ b/graphics/text/config.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ freedoom_bex = read_bex_lump("../../lumps/p2_deh.lmp")
 freedm_bex = read_bex_lump("../../lumps/fdm_deh.lmp")
 
 def read_bex_string(whichbex,defn):
-    return re.sub("^\w*\d:\s*", "", whichbex[defn])
+    return re.sub(r"^\w*\d:\s*", "", whichbex[defn])
 
 
 white_graphics = {
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def update_level_name(lumpname, bexdata, bexname):
             "Level name %s not defined in " "DEHACKED lump!" % bexname
         )
     # Strip "MAP01: " or "E1M2: " etc. from start, if present:
-    levelname = re.sub("^\w*\d:\s*", "", bexdata[bexname])
+    levelname = re.sub(r"^\w*\d:\s*", "", bexdata[bexname])
     white_graphics[lumpname] = levelname
 
 for e in range(4):
diff --git a/scripts/simplecpp b/scripts/simplecpp
index 7ba9aeb0..a0c2fb3d 100755
--- a/scripts/simplecpp
+++ b/scripts/simplecpp
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ import re
 debug = False
 defines = {}
 
-command_re = re.compile("\#(\w+)(\s+(.*))?")
-include_re = re.compile('\s*"(.*)"\s*')
+command_re = re.compile(r"\#(\w+)(\s+(.*))?")
+include_re = re.compile(r'\s*"(.*)"\s*')
 
 
 def debug_msg(message):