diff --git a/mxml.c b/mxml.c
index 3f4b23c..4091153 100755
--- a/mxml.c
+++ b/mxml.c
@@ -270,11 +270,6 @@ void mxml_decode(char *str)
          strcpy(p, p+5);
       }
    }
-
-   if (str[0] == '\"' && str[strlen(str)-1] == '\"') {
-      strcpy(str, str+1);
-      str[strlen(str)-1] = 0;
-   }
 }
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------*/