diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index fb48446d99..3a757b91ea 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def remove_non_release_groups(name, clean_proper=False):
         r'\[silv4\]$': 'searchre',
         r'\[Seedbox\]$': 'searchre',
         r'\[PublicHD\]$': 'searchre',
+        r'\[REQ\]\s$': 'searchre',
         r'\.\[PublicHD\]$': 'searchre',
         r'\.\[NO.RAR\]$': 'searchre',
         r'\[NO.RAR\]$': 'searchre',
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ def remove_non_release_groups(name, clean_proper=False):
             _name = re.sub(r'(?i)' + remove_string, '', _name)
 
     if clean_proper:
-        _name = remove_strings(_name, ['.mkv', '.avi', '.mp4', '[req] '])
+        _name = remove_strings(_name, ['.mkv', '.avi', '.mp4'])
 
     return _name