diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb
index ce3752f40..9f9dc5d0d 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         def gather_ansible_version
           raw_output = ''
           command = ['python3', '-c',
-                     "\"import importlib.metadata; print('ansible ' + importlib.metadata.version('ansible'))\""]
+                     "import importlib.metadata; print('ansible ' + importlib.metadata.version('ansible'))"]
 
           command << {
             notify: [:stdout, :stderr]
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
index c6566d2d4..b4466d21e 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ VF
   def self.it_should_check_ansible_version
     it "execute 'Python ansible version check before executing 'ansible-playbook'" do
       expect(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute)
-        .once.with('python3', '-c', "\"import importlib.metadata; print('ansible ' + importlib.metadata.version('ansible'))\"", { notify: %i[
+        .once.with('python3', '-c', "import importlib.metadata; print('ansible ' + importlib.metadata.version('ansible'))", { notify: %i[
                      stdout stderr
                    ] })
       expect(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute)
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ VF
         expect(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute)
           .once
           .with('python3', '-c',
-                "\"import importlib.metadata; print('ansible ' + importlib.metadata.version('ansible'))\"", { notify: %i[stdout stderr] })
+                "import importlib.metadata; print('ansible ' + importlib.metadata.version('ansible'))", { notify: %i[stdout stderr] })
           .and_return(default_execute_result)
         expect(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute)
           .once