diff --git a/scripts/qapi/parser.py b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
index 878f90b458..7b49d3ab05 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/parser.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def accept(self, skip_comment: bool = True) -> None:
             elif not self.tok.isspace():
                 # Show up to next structural, whitespace or quote
                 # character
-                match = must_match('[^[\\]{}:,\\s\'"]+',
+                match = must_match('[^[\\]{}:,\\s\']+',
                                    self.src[self.cursor-1:])
                 raise QAPIParseError(self, "stray '%s'" % match.group(0))