diff --git a/control_plane/src/storage.rs b/control_plane/src/storage.rs
index ee7ef1cf60..09a941603d 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/storage.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/storage.rs
@@ -107,14 +107,6 @@ impl TestStorageControlPlane {
             .join(",")
     }
 
-    pub fn get_wal_acceptor_conn_info_quoted(&self) -> String {
-        self.wal_acceptors
-            .iter()
-            .map(|wa| format!("\"{}\"", wa.listen))
-            .collect::<Vec<String>>()
-            .join(",")
-    }
-
     pub fn is_running(&self) -> bool {
         self.test_done.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
     }
diff --git a/integration_tests/tests/test_wal_acceptor.rs b/integration_tests/tests/test_wal_acceptor.rs
index 8338a176d8..44f3b8d5d5 100644
--- a/integration_tests/tests/test_wal_acceptor.rs
+++ b/integration_tests/tests/test_wal_acceptor.rs
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ fn test_embedded_wal_proposer() {
     const REDUNDANCY: usize = 3;
     let storage_cplane = TestStorageControlPlane::fault_tolerant(&local_env, REDUNDANCY);
     let mut compute_cplane = ComputeControlPlane::local(&local_env, &storage_cplane.pageserver);
-    let wal_acceptors = storage_cplane.get_wal_acceptor_conn_info_quoted();
+    let wal_acceptors = storage_cplane.get_wal_acceptor_conn_info();
 
     // start postgres
     let maintli = storage_cplane.get_branch_timeline("main");
     let node = compute_cplane.new_test_master_node(maintli);
-	node.append_conf("postgresql.conf", &format!("wal_acceptors={}\n", wal_acceptors));
+	node.append_conf("postgresql.conf", &format!("wal_acceptors='{}'\n", wal_acceptors));
     node.start().unwrap();
 
     // check basic work with table