diff --git a/aliases/available/emacs.aliases.bash b/aliases/available/emacs.aliases.bash
index 1116b117..f8e1259b 100644
--- a/aliases/available/emacs.aliases.bash
+++ b/aliases/available/emacs.aliases.bash
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ case $OSTYPE in
     alias e='emacsclient -n'
     alias et='emacsclient -t'
     alias ed='emacs --daemon'
-    alias E='SUDO_EDITOR="emacsclient" sudo -e'
+    alias E='SUDO_EDITOR=emacsclient sudo -e'
     ;;
   darwin*)
     alias em='open -a emacs'