diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/distribution.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/distribution.py
index 9bb0ecc890e..8de264efaf1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/distribution.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/distribution.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ class DistributionFiles:
         'Archlinux': 'Arch Linux'
     }
 
+    STRIP_QUOTES = r'\'\"\\'
+
     def __init__(self, module):
         self.module = module
 
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ class DistributionFiles:
 
     def _parse_dist_file(self, name, dist_file_content, path, collected_facts):
         dist_file_dict = {}
+        dist_file_content = dist_file_content.strip(DistributionFiles.STRIP_QUOTES)
         if name in self.SEARCH_STRING:
             # look for the distribution string in the data and replace according to RELEASE_NAME_MAP
             # only the distribution name is set, the version is assumed to be correct from distro.linux_distribution()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/lsb.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/lsb.py
index c6ee553a80d..596e7256f8e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/lsb.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/system/lsb.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.facts.collector import BaseFactCollector
 class LSBFactCollector(BaseFactCollector):
     name = 'lsb'
     _fact_ids = set()
+    STRIP_QUOTES = r'\'\"\\'
 
     def _lsb_release_bin(self, lsb_path, module):
         lsb_facts = {}
@@ -97,5 +98,9 @@ class LSBFactCollector(BaseFactCollector):
         if lsb_facts and 'release' in lsb_facts:
             lsb_facts['major_release'] = lsb_facts['release'].split('.')[0]
 
+        for k, v in lsb_facts.items():
+            if v:
+                lsb_facts[k] = v.strip(LSBFactCollector.STRIP_QUOTES)
+
         facts_dict['lsb'] = lsb_facts
         return facts_dict
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/test_lsb.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/test_lsb.py
index dd5188b2fdd..1a090bf9c34 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/test_lsb.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/facts/system/test_lsb.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class TestLSBFacts(BaseFactsTest):
         self.assertIsInstance(facts_dict, dict)
         self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['release'], '14.04')
         self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['id'], 'Ubuntu')
-        self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['description'], '"Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS"')
+        self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['description'], 'Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS')
         self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['codename'], 'trusty')
 
     def test_etc_lsb_release_no_decimal_release(self):
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ class TestLSBFacts(BaseFactsTest):
         self.assertIsInstance(facts_dict, dict)
         self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['release'], '11')
         self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['id'], 'AwesomeOS')
-        self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['description'], '"AwesomeÖS 11"')
+        self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['description'], 'AwesomeÖS 11')
         self.assertEqual(facts_dict['lsb']['codename'], 'stonehenge')