diff --git a/src/ConfigParser.cc b/src/ConfigParser.cc
index 5c3fdcc8839..d7714832099 100644
--- a/src/ConfigParser.cc
+++ b/src/ConfigParser.cc
@@ -532,18 +532,6 @@ ConfigParser::NextQuotedToken()
     return token;
 }
 
-SBuf
-ConfigParser::QuoteString(const SBuf &var)
-{
-    static CharacterSet alphanumeric = CharacterSet::ALPHA + CharacterSet::DIGIT;
-
-    // skip if nothing to do
-    if (var.findFirstNotOf(alphanumeric) == SBuf::npos)
-        return var;
-
-    return Format::DquoteString(var);
-}
-
 void
 ConfigParser::rejectDuplicateDirective()
 {
diff --git a/src/ConfigParser.h b/src/ConfigParser.h
index 8d1dde8bb7a..79d52d005b7 100644
--- a/src/ConfigParser.h
+++ b/src/ConfigParser.h
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ class ConfigParser
 
     static void ParseUShort(unsigned short *var);
     static void ParseBool(bool *var);
-    static SBuf QuoteString(const SBuf &);
     static void ParseWordList(wordlist **list);
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/tests/testConfigParser.cc b/src/tests/testConfigParser.cc
index b5779d4018f..e05c549d3d7 100644
--- a/src/tests/testConfigParser.cc
+++ b/src/tests/testConfigParser.cc
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ TestConfigParser::testParseQuoted()
 }};
 
     for(const auto &t : tokens) {
-
-        const auto quoted = ConfigParser::QuoteString(t.second);
-        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(t.first, quoted);
-
         auto *line = SBufToCstring(t.first);
         ConfigParser::SetCfgLine(line);
         const SBuf found(ConfigParser::NextToken());