diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c59cb228e3..ae664950d9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ lint:
         git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata;
         test -d build || mkdir build;
         for f in `git diff --name-only FETCH_HEAD`; do
-           appid=`echo $f | sed -n -e 's,^metadata/\(.*\)\.txt,\1,p'
-                                   -e 's,^metadata/\(.*\)\.yml,\1,p'`;
+           appid=`echo $f | sed -n -e 's,^metadata/\([^/][^/]*\)\.txt,\1,p'
+                                   -e 's,^metadata/\([^/][^/]*\)\.yml,\1,p'`;
            export CHANGED="$CHANGED $appid";
            grep -q "^Repo *Type\W *git" $f && git -C build clone `sed -n "s,^Repo *:,,p" $f` $appid;
         done;