diff --git a/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/smiley_processor.rb b/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/smiley_processor.rb
index 36df4035bb..618f99ddd2 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/smiley_processor.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/smiley_processor.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module ImportScripts::PhpBB3
 
     def replace_smilies(text)
       # :) is encoded as <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
-      text.gsub!(/<!-- s(\S+) --><img src="\{SMILIES_PATH\}\/.+?" alt=".*?" title=".*?" \/><!-- s?:\S+ -->/) do
+      text.gsub!(/<!-- s(\S+) --><img src="\{SMILIES_PATH\}\/.+?" alt=".*?" title=".*?" \/><!-- s?\S+ -->/) do
         emoji($1)
       end
     end
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/text_processor.rb b/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/text_processor.rb
index f49765d648..622f0a931c 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/text_processor.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/support/text_processor.rb
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ module ImportScripts::PhpBB3
       # Many phpbb bbcode tags have a hash attached to them. Examples:
       #   [url=https&#58;//google&#46;com:1qh1i7ky]click here[/url:1qh1i7ky]
       #   [quote=&quot;cybereality&quot;:b0wtlzex]Some text.[/quote:b0wtlzex]
-      text.gsub!(/:(?:\w{8})\]/, ']')
+      text.gsub!(/:(?:\w{5,8})\]/, ']')
 
       # remove color tags
-      text.gsub!(/\[\/?color(=#[a-z0-9]*)?\]/i, "")
+      text.gsub!(/\[\/?color(=#?[a-z0-9]*)?\]/i, "")
     end
 
     def bbcode_to_md(text)