diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 880d1f35..2283adb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ Parameters can be passed both in a url or from webpack config file. See [Loaders
 
 The loader supports the following parameters:
 
-### `noquotes`
-
-Passing this parameter (or setting to `true`) tells to loader *not to include* resulting string in quotes. This can be useful if one wants to use data-url for SVG image as a value for JavaScript variable.
-
-
 ### `limit`
 
 If given will tell the loader not to encode the source file if its content is greater than this limit.
@@ -72,10 +67,7 @@ require('svg-url-loader?encoding=base64!./file.svg');
 ### In JS:
 ``` javascript
 require('svg-url-loader!./file.svg');
-// => DataUrl for file.svg, enclosed in quotes
-
-require('svg-url-loader?noquotes!./file.svg');
-// => DataUrl for file.svg, without quotes
+// => DataUrl for file.svg
 ```
 
 ### In CSS (with webpack.config.js below):
diff --git a/src/loader.js b/src/loader.js
index 9b1ab72a..7cb84d85 100644
--- a/src/loader.js
+++ b/src/loader.js
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ module.exports = function(content) {
 		}
 
 		if (!(query.iesafe && hasStyleElement && data.length > 4096)) {
-			if (query.encoding === "none" && !query.noquotes) {
-				data = '"'+data+'"';
-			}
+			// if (query.encoding === "none" && !query.noquotes) {
+			// 	data = '"'+data+'"';
+			// }
 
 			return 'module.exports = ' + JSON.stringify(data);
 		}
diff --git a/test/loader.spec.js b/test/loader.spec.js
index 60bedeb8..948b257f 100644
--- a/test/loader.spec.js
+++ b/test/loader.spec.js
@@ -44,48 +44,6 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
     })
 
 
-    describe('"noquotes" option', function () {
-        it('should convert SVG file to utf-8 encoded data-uri string, enclosed in quotes', function(done) {
-            const config = {
-                ...getBaseWebpackConfig(),
-                entry: './test/input/icon.js'
-            }
-            config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.noquotes = false
-            webpack(config, function(err) {
-                expect(err).toBeNull()
-                fs.readFile(getBundleFile(), function(err, data) {
-                    expect(err).toBeNull()
-                    const encoded = eval(data.toString())
-                    expect(encoded.indexOf('"')).toBe(0)
-                    expect(encoded.lastIndexOf('"')).toBe(encoded.length - 1)
-                    expect(encoded.indexOf('data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg')).toBe(1)
-                    return done()
-                })
-            })
-        })
-
-
-        it('should not enclose output in quotes if \'noquotes\' option is specified', function(done) {
-            const config = {
-                ...getBaseWebpackConfig(),
-                entry: './test/input/icon.js'
-            }
-            config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.noquotes = true
-
-            webpack(config, function(err) {
-                expect(err).toBeNull()
-                fs.readFile(getBundleFile(), function(err, data) {
-                    expect(err).toBeNull()
-                    const encoded = eval(data.toString())
-                    expect(encoded.indexOf('data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg')).toBe(0)
-                    expect(encoded.lastIndexOf('svg%3E')).toBe(encoded.length - 'svg%3E'.length)
-                    return done()
-                })
-            })
-        })
-    })
-
-
     describe('"stripdeclarations" option', function () {
         it('if turned off - should do nothing to an SVG that has an XML declaration', function(done) {
             const config = {
@@ -117,9 +75,7 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
                 fs.readFile(getBundleFile(), function(err, data) {
                     expect(err).toBeNull()
                     const encoded = eval(data.toString())
-                    expect(encoded.indexOf('"')).toBe(0)
-                    expect(encoded.lastIndexOf('"')).toBe(encoded.length - 1)
-                    expect(encoded.indexOf('data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg')).toBe(1)
+                    expect(encoded.indexOf('data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg')).toBe(0)
                     return done()
                 })
             })
@@ -139,7 +95,7 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
                     expect(err).toBeNull()
                     const encoded = eval(data.toString())
                     expect(encoded.indexOf('%3C?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?%3E')).toBe(-1)
-                    expect(encoded.indexOf('data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg')).toBe(1)
+                    expect(encoded.indexOf('data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg')).toBe(0)
                     return done()
                 })
             })
@@ -176,7 +132,6 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
                 ...getBaseWebpackConfig(),
                 entry: './test/input/less.js'
             }
-            config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.noquotes = false
             config.module.rules.push({
                 test: /\.less$/,
                 use: [
@@ -209,7 +164,6 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
                 ...getBaseWebpackConfig(),
                 entry: './test/input/scss.js'
             }
-            config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.noquotes = false
             config.module.rules.push({
                 test: /\.scss$/,
                 use: [
@@ -242,7 +196,6 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
                 ...getBaseWebpackConfig(),
                 entry: './test/input/css.js'
             }
-            config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.noquotes = false
             config.module.rules.push({
                 test: /\.css$/,
                 use: [
@@ -276,8 +229,7 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
                 entry: './test/input/4047B-encoded-styled.js'
             }
             config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.iesafe = true
-            config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.noquotes = true
-
+            
             webpack(config, function(err) {
                 expect(err).toBeNull()
                 fs.readFile(getBundleFile(), function(err, data) {
@@ -296,8 +248,7 @@ describe('svg-url-loader', function() {
                 entry: './test/input/4104B-encoded-unstyled.js'
             }
             config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.iesafe = true
-            config.module.rules[0].use[0].options.noquotes = true
-
+            
             webpack(config, function(err) {
                 expect(err).toBeNull()
                 fs.readFile(getBundleFile(), function(err, data) {