diff --git a/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-consuldock/result b/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-consuldock/result
index cc8fab2131..227f748cda 100644
--- a/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-consuldock/result
+++ b/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-consuldock/result
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 (maintainer "brimstone@the.narro.ws")
 (env "GOPATH" "/go")
 (entrypoint "/usr/local/bin/consuldock")
-(run "apt-get update 	&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.clean     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git golang ca-certificates     && apt-get clean     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists 	&& go get -v github.com/brimstone/consuldock     && mv $GOPATH/bin/consuldock /usr/local/bin/consuldock 	&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.dirty 	&& apt-get remove --purge -y $(diff /tmp/dpkg.clean /tmp/dpkg.dirty | awk '/^>/ {print $2}') 	&& rm /tmp/dpkg.* 	&& rm -rf $GOPATH")
+(run "apt-get update \t&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.clean     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git golang ca-certificates     && apt-get clean     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists \t&& go get -v github.com/brimstone/consuldock     && mv $GOPATH/bin/consuldock /usr/local/bin/consuldock \t&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.dirty \t&& apt-get remove --purge -y $(diff /tmp/dpkg.clean /tmp/dpkg.dirty | awk '/^>/ {print $2}') \t&& rm /tmp/dpkg.* \t&& rm -rf $GOPATH")
diff --git a/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-docker-consul/result b/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-docker-consul/result
index 8c989e6211..16492e516a 100644
--- a/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-docker-consul/result
+++ b/builder/parser/testfiles/brimstone-docker-consul/result
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 (cmd)
 (entrypoint "/usr/bin/consul" "agent" "-server" "-data-dir=/consul" "-client=0.0.0.0" "-ui-dir=/webui")
 (expose "8500" "8600" "8400" "8301" "8302")
-(run "apt-get update     && apt-get install -y unzip wget 	&& apt-get clean 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists")
+(run "apt-get update     && apt-get install -y unzip wget \t&& apt-get clean \t&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists")
 (run "cd /tmp     && wget https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.3.1_web_ui.zip        -O web_ui.zip     && unzip web_ui.zip     && mv dist /webui     && rm web_ui.zip")
-(run "apt-get update 	&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.clean     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends unzip wget     && apt-get clean     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists     && cd /tmp     && wget https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.3.1_web_ui.zip        -O web_ui.zip     && unzip web_ui.zip     && mv dist /webui     && rm web_ui.zip 	&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.dirty 	&& apt-get remove --purge -y $(diff /tmp/dpkg.clean /tmp/dpkg.dirty | awk '/^>/ {print $2}') 	&& rm /tmp/dpkg.*")
+(run "apt-get update \t&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.clean     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends unzip wget     && apt-get clean     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists     && cd /tmp     && wget https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.3.1_web_ui.zip        -O web_ui.zip     && unzip web_ui.zip     && mv dist /webui     && rm web_ui.zip \t&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.dirty \t&& apt-get remove --purge -y $(diff /tmp/dpkg.clean /tmp/dpkg.dirty | awk '/^>/ {print $2}') \t&& rm /tmp/dpkg.*")
 (env "GOPATH" "/go")
-(run "apt-get update 	&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.clean     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git golang ca-certificates build-essential     && apt-get clean     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists 	&& go get -v github.com/hashicorp/consul 	&& mv $GOPATH/bin/consul /usr/bin/consul 	&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.dirty 	&& apt-get remove --purge -y $(diff /tmp/dpkg.clean /tmp/dpkg.dirty | awk '/^>/ {print $2}') 	&& rm /tmp/dpkg.* 	&& rm -rf $GOPATH")
+(run "apt-get update \t&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.clean     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git golang ca-certificates build-essential     && apt-get clean     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists \t&& go get -v github.com/hashicorp/consul \t&& mv $GOPATH/bin/consul /usr/bin/consul \t&& dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ {print $2}' > /tmp/dpkg.dirty \t&& apt-get remove --purge -y $(diff /tmp/dpkg.clean /tmp/dpkg.dirty | awk '/^>/ {print $2}') \t&& rm /tmp/dpkg.* \t&& rm -rf $GOPATH")
diff --git a/builder/parser/testfiles/docker/result b/builder/parser/testfiles/docker/result
index 80f219ecb4..773b640a9d 100644
--- a/builder/parser/testfiles/docker/result
+++ b/builder/parser/testfiles/docker/result
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 (from "ubuntu:14.04")
 (maintainer "Tianon Gravi <admwiggin@gmail.com> (@tianon)")
-(run "apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yq 	apt-utils 	aufs-tools 	automake 	btrfs-tools 	build-essential 	curl 	dpkg-sig 	git 	iptables 	libapparmor-dev 	libcap-dev 	libsqlite3-dev 	lxc=1.0* 	mercurial 	pandoc 	parallel 	reprepro 	ruby1.9.1 	ruby1.9.1-dev 	s3cmd=1.1.0* 	--no-install-recommends")
+(run "apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yq \tapt-utils \taufs-tools \tautomake \tbtrfs-tools \tbuild-essential \tcurl \tdpkg-sig \tgit \tiptables \tlibapparmor-dev \tlibcap-dev \tlibsqlite3-dev \tlxc=1.0* \tmercurial \tpandoc \tparallel \treprepro \truby1.9.1 \truby1.9.1-dev \ts3cmd=1.1.0* \t--no-install-recommends")
 (run "git clone --no-checkout https://git.fedorahosted.org/git/lvm2.git /usr/local/lvm2 && cd /usr/local/lvm2 && git checkout -q v2_02_103")
 (run "cd /usr/local/lvm2 && ./configure --enable-static_link && make device-mapper && make install_device-mapper")
 (run "curl -sSL https://golang.org/dl/go1.3.src.tar.gz | tar -v -C /usr/local -xz")
 (env "PATH" "/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH")
 (env "GOPATH" "/go:/go/src/github.com/docker/docker/vendor")
 (run "cd /usr/local/go/src && ./make.bash --no-clean 2>&1")
-(env "DOCKER_CROSSPLATFORMS" "linux/386 linux/arm 	darwin/amd64 darwin/386 	freebsd/amd64 freebsd/386 freebsd/arm")
+(env "DOCKER_CROSSPLATFORMS" "linux/386 linux/arm \tdarwin/amd64 darwin/386 \tfreebsd/amd64 freebsd/386 freebsd/arm")
 (env "GOARM" "5")
 (run "cd /usr/local/go/src && bash -xc 'for platform in $DOCKER_CROSSPLATFORMS; do GOOS=${platform%/*} GOARCH=${platform##*/} ./make.bash --no-clean 2>&1; done'")
 (run "go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover")
diff --git a/builder/parser/utils.go b/builder/parser/utils.go
index 096c4e31e9..3a8cd24e8c 100644
--- a/builder/parser/utils.go
+++ b/builder/parser/utils.go
@@ -2,30 +2,10 @@ package parser
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// QuoteString walks characters (after trimming), escapes any quotes and
-// escapes, then wraps the whole thing in quotes. Very useful for generating
-// argument output in nodes.
-func QuoteString(str string) string {
-	result := ""
-	chars := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(str), "")
-
-	for _, char := range chars {
-		switch char {
-		case `"`:
-			result += `\"`
-		case `\`:
-			result += `\\`
-		default:
-			result += char
-		}
-	}
-
-	return `"` + result + `"`
-}
-
 // dumps the AST defined by `node` as a list of sexps. Returns a string
 // suitable for printing.
 func (node *Node) Dump() string {
@@ -41,7 +21,7 @@ func (node *Node) Dump() string {
 			if len(n.Children) > 0 {
 				str += " " + n.Dump()
 			} else {
-				str += " " + QuoteString(n.Value)
+				str += " " + strconv.Quote(n.Value)
 			}
 		}
 	}