diff --git a/packages/exporter/src/js/exporter.js b/packages/exporter/src/js/exporter.js
index bb7b96371d..edccf756f4 100755
--- a/packages/exporter/src/js/exporter.js
+++ b/packages/exporter/src/js/exporter.js
@@ -1558,9 +1558,8 @@
          * @ngdoc function
          * @name formatFieldAsExcel
          * @methodOf  ui.grid.exporter.service:uiGridExporterService
-         * @description Renders a single field as a csv field, including
-         * quotes around the value
-         * @param {field} field the field to be turned into a csv string,
+         * @description Renders a single field as a excel-ified field
+         * @param {field} field the field to be excel-ified,
          * may be of any type
          * @returns {string} a excel-ified version of the field
          */
@@ -1568,15 +1567,12 @@
           if (field.value == null) { // we want to catch anything null-ish, hence just == not ===
             return '';
           }
-          if (typeof(field.value) === 'number') {
+          if ((typeof(field.value) === 'number') || (typeof(field.value) === 'string')) {
             return field.value;
           }
           if (typeof(field.value) === 'boolean') {
             return (field.value ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE') ;
           }
-          if (typeof(field.value) === 'string') {
-            return field.value.replace(/"/g,'""');
-          }
 
           return JSON.stringify(field.value);
         },
diff --git a/packages/exporter/test/exporter.spec.js b/packages/exporter/test/exporter.spec.js
index 7fd7669611..714a9af4bc 100644
--- a/packages/exporter/test/exporter.spec.js
+++ b/packages/exporter/test/exporter.spec.js
@@ -1255,8 +1255,8 @@ describe('ui.grid.exporter', function() {
       it('should "FALSE" when the type of the field value is boolean', function() {
         expect(uiGridExporterService.formatFieldAsExcel({value: false})).toEqual('FALSE');
       });
-      it('should double the amount of double quotes when the type of the field value is string', function() {
-        expect(uiGridExporterService.formatFieldAsExcel({value: '"test"'})).toEqual('""test""');
+      it('should not double the amount of double quotes when the type of the field value is string', function() {
+        expect(uiGridExporterService.formatFieldAsExcel({value: '"test"'})).toEqual('"test"');
       });
       it('should transform the field value into a string when the type of the field value is anything else', function() {
         expect(uiGridExporterService.formatFieldAsExcel({value: {foo: 'bar'}})).toEqual('{"foo":"bar"}');