diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 2b528af0..05f5c912 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ _known_hosts_real()
         #          spaces in their name work (watch out for ~ expansion
         #          breakage! Alioth#311595)
         tmpkh=( $( sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*\([Gg][Ll][Oo][Bb][Aa][Ll]\|[Uu][Ss][Ee][Rr]\)[Kk][Nn][Oo][Ww][Nn][Hh][Oo][Ss][Tt][Ss][Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]['"$'\t '"']*\(.*\)$/\2/p' "${config[@]}" | sort -u ) )
-        for i in "${tmpkh[@]//\"/}"; do
+        for i in "${tmpkh[@]}"; do
             i=$( eval echo "$i" ) # expand ~
             [ -r "$i" ] && kh=( "${kh[@]}" "$i" )
         done