diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index fd76a3ae..558479b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ jc changelog
 20230103 v1.22.5
 - Update copyright dates
 - Fix INI parser to include top-level values with no section header
+- Fix INI and Key/Value parsers to only remove one quotation mark from the
+  beginning and end of values.
 
 20221230 v1.22.4
 - Add `iwconfig` command parser
diff --git a/jc/parsers/ini.py b/jc/parsers/ini.py
index 96dce33a..e81e4e30 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/ini.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/ini.py
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ def _process(proc_data):
     for heading in proc_data:
         for key, value in proc_data[heading].items():
             if value is not None and value.startswith('"') and value.endswith('"'):
-                proc_data[heading][key] = value.lstrip('"').rstrip('"')
+                proc_data[heading][key] = value[1:-1]
 
             elif value is not None and value.startswith("'") and value.endswith("'"):
-                proc_data[heading][key] = value.lstrip("'").rstrip("'")
+                proc_data[heading][key] = value[1:-1]
 
             elif value is None:
                 proc_data[heading][key] = ''
diff --git a/jc/parsers/kv.py b/jc/parsers/kv.py
index 0cc47c69..de1b4421 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/kv.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/kv.py
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ def _process(proc_data):
     # remove quotation marks from beginning and end of values
     for key in proc_data:
         if proc_data[key] is not None and proc_data[key].startswith('"') and proc_data[key].endswith('"'):
-            proc_data[key] = proc_data[key].lstrip('"').rstrip('"')
+            proc_data[key] = proc_data[key][1:-1]
 
         elif proc_data[key] is not None and proc_data[key].startswith("'") and proc_data[key].endswith("'"):
-            proc_data[key] = proc_data[key].lstrip("'").rstrip("'")
+            proc_data[key] = proc_data[key][1:-1]
 
         elif proc_data[key] is None:
             proc_data[key] = ''