diff --git a/src/common/kernel/eressea.c b/src/common/kernel/eressea.c
index 3e695d365..e5c264621 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/eressea.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/eressea.c
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ parse_token(const char ** str)
     } else if (isspace(*ctoken)) {
       if (quotechar==0) break;
       *cursor++ = *ctoken++;
-    } else if (*ctoken=='"' || *ctoken=='\'') {
+    } else if (*ctoken=='"') {
       if (*ctoken==quotechar) {
         ++ctoken;
         break;