diff --git a/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/software/os/linux/LinuxOSVersionInfoEx.java b/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/software/os/linux/LinuxOSVersionInfoEx.java
index 7f8b2085177..f3711eea372 100644
--- a/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/software/os/linux/LinuxOSVersionInfoEx.java
+++ b/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/software/os/linux/LinuxOSVersionInfoEx.java
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ private boolean readOsRelease() {
                     // remove beginning and ending '"' characters, etc from
                     // VERSION="14.04.4 LTS, Trusty Tahr" (Ubuntu style)
                     // or VERSION="17 (Beefy Miracle)" (os-release doc style)
-                    line = line.replace("VERSION=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    //line = line.replace("VERSION=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    line = ParseUtil.getDoubleQuoteStringValue(line).trim();
                     String[] split = line.split("[()]");
                     if (split.length <= 1) {
                         // If no parentheses, check for Ubuntu's comma format
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ private boolean readOsRelease() {
                     LOG.debug("os-release: {}", line);
                     // remove beginning and ending '"' characters, etc from
                     // VERSION_ID="14.04"
-                    this.version = line.replace("VERSION_ID=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    //this.version = line.replace("VERSION_ID=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    this.version = ParseUtil.getDoubleQuoteStringValue(line).trim();
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -210,16 +212,19 @@ private boolean readLsbRelease() {
             for (String line : osRelease) {
                 if (line.startsWith("DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=")) {
                     LOG.debug("lsb-release: {}", line);
-                    line = line.replace("DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    //line = line.replace("DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    line = ParseUtil.getDoubleQuoteStringValue(line).trim();
                     if (line.contains(" release ")) {
                         this.version = parseRelease(line, " release ");
                     }
                 } else if (line.startsWith("DISTRIB_RELEASE=") && this.version == null) {
                     LOG.debug("lsb-release: {}", line);
-                    this.version = line.replace("DISTRIB_RELEASE=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    //this.version = line.replace("DISTRIB_RELEASE=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    this.version = ParseUtil.getDoubleQuoteStringValue(line).trim();
                 } else if (line.startsWith("DISTRIB_CODENAME=") && this.codeName == null) {
                     LOG.debug("lsb-release: {}", line);
-                    this.codeName = line.replace("DISTRIB_CODENAME=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    //this.codeName = line.replace("DISTRIB_CODENAME=", "").replaceAll("^\"|\"$", "").trim();
+                    this.codeName = ParseUtil.getDoubleQuoteStringValue(line).trim();
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/util/ParseUtil.java b/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/util/ParseUtil.java
index 7f5bd9d46a9..32cecb12e22 100644
--- a/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/util/ParseUtil.java
+++ b/oshi-core/src/main/java/oshi/util/ParseUtil.java
@@ -491,11 +491,11 @@ public static String parseUuidOrDefault(String s, String defaultStr) {
      * @return the value contained between single tick marks
      */
     public static String getSingleQuoteStringValue(String line) {
-        String[] split = line.split("'");
-        if (split.length < 2) {
-            return "";
-        }
-        return split[1];
+      return getStringBetween(line , '\'');
+    }
+
+    public static String getDoubleQuoteStringValue(String line) {
+        return getStringBetween(line , '"');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/oshi-core/src/test/java/oshi/util/ParseUtilTest.java b/oshi-core/src/test/java/oshi/util/ParseUtilTest.java
index eb6efac800f..727ee94e5d8 100644
--- a/oshi-core/src/test/java/oshi/util/ParseUtilTest.java
+++ b/oshi-core/src/test/java/oshi/util/ParseUtilTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 /**
  * The Class ParseUtilTest.
  */
-public class ParseUtilTest {
+public class   ParseUtilTest
+{
+
 
     /**
      * Test parse hertz.
@@ -238,6 +240,12 @@ public void testGetSingleQuoteStringValue() {
         assertEquals("", ParseUtil.getSingleQuoteStringValue("foo = bar (string)"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDoubleQuoteStringValue() {
+        assertEquals("bar" , ParseUtil.getDoubleQuoteStringValue("foo = \"bar\" (string)"));
+        assertEquals("", ParseUtil.getDoubleQuoteStringValue("hello"));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test parse SingleQuoteBetweenMultipleQuotes
      */