diff --git a/src/tools.c b/src/tools.c
index 731d8f93c..f68ac8863 100644
--- a/src/tools.c
+++ b/src/tools.c
@@ -6449,20 +6449,8 @@ uint32_t parse_line(char *in, char *out, size_t *outlen, char **args, int *nbarg
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				/* An unmatched environment variable was parsed.
-				 * Let's skip the trailing double-quote character
-				 * and spaces.
-				 */
+				/* An unmatched environment variable was parsed. */
 				in_arg = 1;
-				if (likely(*var_name != '.') && *in == '"') {
-					in++;
-					while (isspace((unsigned char)*in))
-						in++;
-					if (dquote) {
-						dquote = 0;
-						quote = NULL;
-					}
-				}
 			}
 			word_expand = NULL;
 		}