diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_utils.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_utils.c
index e8e8b39f0f..04dc95705e 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_utils.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_utils.c
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ read_hostname (const char *path)
 		if (g_str_has_prefix (all_lines[i], "hostname")) {
 			tmp = strstr (all_lines[i], "=");
 			tmp++;
-			tmp = strip_string (tmp, '"');
-			result = g_strdup (tmp);
+			result = g_shell_unquote (tmp, NULL);
 			break;
 		}