diff --git a/lib/foreman/export/base.rb b/lib/foreman/export/base.rb
index 72dd464..5541006 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/export/base.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/export/base.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ private ######################################################################
   end
 
   def shell_quote(value)
-    '"' + Shellwords.escape(value) + '"'
+    Shellwords.escape(value)
   end
 
   # deprecated