diff --git a/checkversion b/checkversion
index 49b6078..3ad9b8f 100755
--- a/checkversion
+++ b/checkversion
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ function develversion_check() {
         if [[ -d "$package_rootdir/$pkg" ]]; then
             # Find the current pkgver() of the package in the AUR
             package_version=$(pacaur -i "$pkg" \
-                | egrep "^Version" \
+                | sed -r 's/\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]//g' \
+                | egrep '^Version' \
                 | sed 's|^[^:]*: ||;s|-[0-9]*$||')
             pkgbuild_file="$package_rootdir/$pkg/PKGBUILD"