diff --git a/bin/bitbake-setup b/bin/bitbake-setup
index abe7614c8..e06c40dc6 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake-setup
+++ b/bin/bitbake-setup
@@ -869,6 +869,12 @@ def load_settings(settings_path):
     if os.path.exists(settings_path):
         logger.info('Loading settings from {}'.format(settings_path))
         settings.read_file(open(settings_path))
+
+        for section in settings.sections():
+            for key in settings[section]:
+                value = settings[section][key]
+                settings[section][key] = value.strip('"')
+
     return settings
 
 def change_setting(top_dir, args):