diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 73d826b..4964ce9 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -471,10 +471,10 @@ EOF
   local SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED=""
   if [[ "$(declare -p AUTHORIZED_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY 2>/dev/null)" =~ "declare -a" ]]; then
     for key in "${AUTHORIZED_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY[@]}"; do
-      SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED+="  \"$key\""$'\n'
+      SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED+="  $key"$'\n'
     done
   else
-    SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED="  \"$AUTHORIZED_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY\""$'\n'
+    SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED="  $AUTHORIZED_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY"$'\n'
   fi
   export SSH_KEYS_FORMATTED