diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py b/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py
index 72f069d6bc967d39ba16bb4e4d70186ff2a89f71..888e31649df057eed21ff9d8c93791b73bea9594 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/hdbits.py
@@ -69,11 +69,7 @@ class HDBitsProvider(TorrentProvider):
         return episode_search_string
 
     def _get_title_and_url(self, item):
-
-        title = item['name']
-        if title:
-            title = self._clean_title(title)
-
+        title = item.get('name', '').replace(' ', '.')
         url = self.urls['download'] + urllib.urlencode({'id': item['id'], 'passkey': self.passkey})
 
         return title, url
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
index dd728c4e7def044e2c807ae79fa6b66fc7f2851d..bb3d72ed7317664fb0580b6ca9201d1ae2c5c0e9 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/rsstorrent.py
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ class TorrentRssProvider(TorrentProvider):
 
     def _get_title_and_url(self, item):
 
-        title = item.get(self.titleTAG)
-        if title:
-            title = self._clean_title(title)
+        title = item.get(self.titleTAG, '').replace(' ', '.')
 
         attempt_list = [lambda: item.get('torrent_magneturi'),