diff --git a/components/codetools/stdcodetools.pas b/components/codetools/stdcodetools.pas
index 6ad945a3f1..e2719573d0 100644
--- a/components/codetools/stdcodetools.pas
+++ b/components/codetools/stdcodetools.pas
@@ -3465,12 +3465,6 @@ function TStandardCodeTool.GetStringConstAsFormatString(StartPos,
               inc(APos);
               break;
             end;
-          '"':
-            begin
-              if InRange then
-                AddParameter('''"''');
-              inc(APos);
-            end;
           else
             begin
               // normal char