diff --git a/manage-config b/manage-config
index 60a101cdd..7ad253e6a 100755
--- a/manage-config
+++ b/manage-config
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ if [ -e ${exclusion_file} -o -e ${inclusion_file} ]; then
             if [ ! -z "$opt" ] && [[ ! "$opt" =~ ^#.* ]]; then
                 n=${opt%=*}
                 v="${opt#*=}"
+                # Following two lines are used to remove double quotes between the string value
+                v="${v%\"}"
+                v="${v#\"}"
                 s=$(scripts/config --file ${CONFIG_FILE} -k --state $n)
                 if [ ! "$s" = "$v" ]; then
                     ret=2