diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7a0b3ee44..30d2df06a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ cdata.set_quoted('PIPEWIRE_CONFDATADIR', pipewire_confdatadir)
 cdata.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', pipewire_localedir)
 cdata.set_quoted('LIBDIR', pipewire_libdir)
 cdata.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
-cdata.set('PACKAGE', '"pipewire"')
-cdata.set('PACKAGE_NAME', '"PipeWire"')
-cdata.set('PACKAGE_STRING', '"PipeWire @0@"'.format(pipewire_version))
-cdata.set('PACKAGE_TARNAME', '"pipewire"')
-cdata.set('PACKAGE_URL', '"https://pipewire.org"')
+cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE', 'pipewire')
+cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_NAME', 'PipeWire')
+cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_STRING', 'PipeWire @0@'.format(pipewire_version))
+cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_TARNAME', 'pipewire')
+cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_URL', 'https://pipewire.org')
 cdata.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', pipewire_version)
 cdata.set_quoted('MODULEDIR', modules_install_dir)
 cdata.set_quoted('PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR', pipewire_configdir)