diff --git a/src/components/builder.cpp b/src/components/builder.cpp
index 05db9286..36e708d3 100644
--- a/src/components/builder.cpp
+++ b/src/components/builder.cpp
@@ -55,13 +55,7 @@ string builder::flush() {
  * Insert raw text string
  */
 void builder::append(string text) {
-  string str(move(text));
-  size_t len{str.length()};
-  if (len > 2 && str[0] == '"' && str[len - 1] == '"') {
-    m_output += str.substr(1, len - 2);
-  } else {
-    m_output += str;
-  }
+  m_output += text;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/drawtypes/label.cpp b/src/drawtypes/label.cpp
index fd74a763..cf7e4c61 100644
--- a/src/drawtypes/label.cpp
+++ b/src/drawtypes/label.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ namespace drawtypes {
       text = conf.get<string>(section, name, move(def));
     }
 
+    size_t len{text.size()};
+
+    if (len > 2 && text[0] == '"' && text[len - 1] == '"') {
+      text = text.substr(1, len - 2);
+    }
+
     const auto get_left_right = [&](string key) {
       auto value = conf.get<int>(section, key, 0);
       auto left = conf.get<int>(section, key + "-left", value);