diff --git a/src/haiku/rag/a2a.py b/src/haiku/rag/a2a.py
index 38020e68..bcd1692f 100644
--- a/src/haiku/rag/a2a.py
+++ b/src/haiku/rag/a2a.py
@@ -262,8 +262,6 @@ def create_a2a_app(db_path: Path):
         Returns chunks of text with their relevance scores and document URIs.
         Use get_full_document if you need to see the complete document content.
         """
-        # Remove quotes from queries as this requires positional indexing in lancedb
-        query = query.replace('"', "")
         search_results = await ctx.deps.client.search(query, limit=limit)
         expanded_results = await ctx.deps.client.expand_context(search_results)
 
diff --git a/src/haiku/rag/qa/agent.py b/src/haiku/rag/qa/agent.py
index e8157205..f1abe7ab 100644
--- a/src/haiku/rag/qa/agent.py
+++ b/src/haiku/rag/qa/agent.py
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ class QuestionAnswerAgent:
             limit: int = 3,
         ) -> list[SearchResult]:
             """Search the knowledge base for relevant documents."""
-
-            # Remove quotes from queries as this requires positional indexing in lancedb
-            query = query.replace('"', "")
             search_results = await ctx.deps.client.search(query, limit=limit)
             expanded_results = await ctx.deps.client.expand_context(search_results)