diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.spec b/cyrus-sasl.spec
index 34a6cdf..0a1086d 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %define username	saslauth
-%define hint		"Saslauthd user"
+%define hint		Saslauthd user
 %define homedir		/run/saslauthd
 
 %define _plugindir2 %{_libdir}/sasl2
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ test "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %pre
 getent group %{username} >/dev/null || groupadd -g 76 -r %{username}
-getent passwd %{username} >/dev/null || useradd -r -g %{username} -d %{homedir} -s /sbin/nologin -c \"%{hint}\" %{username}
+getent passwd %{username} >/dev/null || useradd -r -g %{username} -d %{homedir} -s /sbin/nologin -c "%{hint}" %{username}
 
 %post
 %systemd_post saslauthd.service