diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
index a28123088ce..d9e11761657 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
@@ -730,7 +730,6 @@ font-lock keywords will not be case sensitive."
   "Major mode for buffers holding data written in Lisp syntax."
   :group 'lisp
   (lisp-mode-variables nil t nil)
-  (setq-local electric-quote-string t)
   (setq imenu-case-fold-search nil)
   (setq-local hs-block-start-regexp "\\s(\\|\"")
   (setq-local hs-block-end-regexp "\\s)\\|\""))