diff --git a/ckan/public/base/javascript/view-filters.js b/ckan/public/base/javascript/view-filters.js
index e5cb4582723..d48350acd02 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/javascript/view-filters.js
+++ b/ckan/public/base/javascript/view-filters.js
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ String.prototype.queryStringToJSON = String.prototype.queryStringToJSON || funct
         // Fix
         key = decodeURIComponent(key);
         value = decodeURIComponent(value);
-        try {
-            // value can be converted
-            value = eval(value);
-        } catch ( e ) {
-            // value is a normal string
-        }
 
         // Set
         // window.console.log({'key':key,'value':value}, split);
diff --git a/ckan/public/base/test/spec/view-filters.spec.js b/ckan/public/base/test/spec/view-filters.spec.js
index ae28bf22efd..8f032d0739b 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/test/spec/view-filters.spec.js
+++ b/ckan/public/base/test/spec/view-filters.spec.js
@@ -56,6 +56,24 @@ describe('ckan.views.filters', function(){
       filters._initialize('?filters=country:Brazil|country:Argentina');
       assert.deepEqual(expectedFiltersReverse, filters.get());
     });
+
+    it('should work with a single numeric filter', function() {
+      var expectedFilters = {
+            year: ['2014']
+          };
+
+      filters._initialize('?filters=year:2014');
+      assert.deepEqual(expectedFilters, filters.get());
+    });
+
+    it('should work with quoted filters', function() {
+      var expectedFilters = {
+            country: ['"Brazil"']
+          };
+
+      filters._initialize('?filters=country:"Brazil"');
+      assert.deepEqual(expectedFilters, filters.get());
+    });
   });
 
   describe('#get', function(){