diff --git a/core/ustring.cpp b/core/ustring.cpp
index cb13519d2ca..ee5617728d2 100644
--- a/core/ustring.cpp
+++ b/core/ustring.cpp
@@ -2959,17 +2959,10 @@ String String::format(const Variant &values, String placeholder) const {
 				if (value_arr.size() == 2) {
 					Variant v_key = value_arr[0];
 					String key = v_key;
-					if (key.left(1) == "\"" && key.right(key.length() - 1) == "\"") {
-						key = key.substr(1, key.length() - 2);
-					}
 
 					Variant v_val = value_arr[1];
 					String val = v_val;
 
-					if (val.left(1) == "\"" && val.right(val.length() - 1) == "\"") {
-						val = val.substr(1, val.length() - 2);
-					}
-
 					new_string = new_string.replace(placeholder.replace("_", key), val);
 				} else {
 					ERR_PRINT(String("STRING.format Inner Array size != 2 ").ascii().get_data());
@@ -2978,10 +2971,6 @@ String String::format(const Variant &values, String placeholder) const {
 				Variant v_val = values_arr[i];
 				String val = v_val;
 
-				if (val.left(1) == "\"" && val.right(val.length() - 1) == "\"") {
-					val = val.substr(1, val.length() - 2);
-				}
-
 				if (placeholder.find("_") > -1) {
 					new_string = new_string.replace(placeholder.replace("_", i_as_str), val);
 				} else {
@@ -2998,14 +2987,6 @@ String String::format(const Variant &values, String placeholder) const {
 			String key = E->get();
 			String val = d[E->get()];
 
-			if (key.left(1) == "\"" && key.right(key.length() - 1) == "\"") {
-				key = key.substr(1, key.length() - 2);
-			}
-
-			if (val.left(1) == "\"" && val.right(val.length() - 1) == "\"") {
-				val = val.substr(1, val.length() - 2);
-			}
-
 			new_string = new_string.replace(placeholder.replace("_", key), val);
 		}
 	} else {