diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index be69b95115..6d9f5798a4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 #                  gateway={{ gw }} dns={{ dns }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
 #                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }}" 
 #                 --network=bridge=br0 --autostart --noautoconsole
-virt_install_command: "virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
+virt_install_command: virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
                  --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
                  --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
-                 \"ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
+                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
                   hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }}
-                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none\"
+                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none"
                  --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio
-                 --autostart --noautoconsole"
+                 --autostart --noautoconsole
 
 # By default, nodes get no fedmsg certs.  They need to declare them explicitly.
 fedmsg_certs: []