diff --git a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
index 8acc4f0..631024e 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
@@ -116,14 +116,6 @@ if(APPEND_GIT_REVISION)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-# stringify the meta data
-set(META_PROJECT_NAME_STR "\"${META_PROJECT_NAME}\"")
-set(META_APP_NAME_STR "\"${META_APP_NAME}\"")
-set(META_APP_AUTHOR_STR "\"${META_APP_AUTHOR}\"")
-set(META_APP_URL_STR "\"${META_APP_URL}\"")
-set(META_APP_DESCRIPTION_STR "\"${META_APP_DESCRIPTION}\"")
-set(META_APP_VERSION_STR "\"${META_APP_VERSION}\"")
-
 # set TARGET_EXECUTABLE which is used to refer to the target executable at its installation location
 set(TARGET_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX}")
 
diff --git a/cmake/templates/config.h.in b/cmake/templates/config.h.in
index 8cbe773..a1d90d2 100644
--- a/cmake/templates/config.h.in
+++ b/cmake/templates/config.h.in
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 #ifndef @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_CONFIG
 #define @META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER@_CONFIG
 
-#define PROJECT_NAME @META_PROJECT_NAME_STR@
-#define APP_NAME @META_APP_NAME_STR@
-#define APP_VERSION @META_APP_VERSION_STR@
-#define APP_AUTHOR @META_APP_AUTHOR_STR@
-#define APP_URL @META_APP_URL_STR@
-#define APP_DESCRIPTION @META_APP_DESCRIPTION_STR@
+#define PROJECT_NAME "@META_PROJECT_NAME@"
+#define APP_NAME "@META_APP_NAME@"
+#define APP_VERSION "@META_APP_VERSION@"
+#define APP_AUTHOR "@META_APP_AUTHOR@"
+#define APP_URL "@META_APP_URL@"
+#define APP_DESCRIPTION "@META_APP_DESCRIPTION@"
 #define APP_INSTALL_PREFIX "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"
 #define QT_TRANSLATION_FILES {@QT_TRANSLATION_FILES_ARRAY@}
 #define APP_SPECIFIC_QT_TRANSLATION_FILES {@APP_SPECIFIC_QT_TRANSLATION_FILES_ARRAY@}