diff --git a/JsonPreprocessor/CJsonPreprocessor.py b/JsonPreprocessor/CJsonPreprocessor.py
index ca536060..0b2e924e 100644
--- a/JsonPreprocessor/CJsonPreprocessor.py
+++ b/JsonPreprocessor/CJsonPreprocessor.py
@@ -584,9 +584,6 @@ def __jsonUpdated(k, v, oJson, bNested, keyNested = ''):
                                 v = ldict['value']
                         except:
                             raise Exception(f"The variable '{valueProcessed}' is not available!")
-                        
-                    if isinstance(v, str) and re.match('^\s*none|true|false\s*$', v.lower()):
-                        v = '\"' + v + '\"'
 
             __jsonUpdated(k, v, oJson, bNested, keyNested)
             if keyNested != '':
@@ -662,18 +659,6 @@ def jsonLoad(self, jFile : str, masterFile : bool = True):
 
       Preprocessed json file(s) as dictionary data structure
         '''
-        def __handleStrNoneTrueFalse(objJson):
-            oJson = {}
-            for k, v in objJson.items():
-                if isinstance(v, dict):
-                    v = __handleStrNoneTrueFalse(v)
-                    oJson[k] = v
-                elif isinstance(v, str) and re.match('^\s*none|true|false\s*$', v.lower()):
-                    v = '\"' + v + '\"'
-                    oJson[k] = v
-                else:
-                    oJson[k] = v
-            return oJson
         
         def __handleListElements(sInput : str) -> str:
             items = re.split("\s*,\s*", sInput)
@@ -777,7 +762,6 @@ def __handleListElements(sInput : str) -> str:
         except Exception as error:
             raise Exception(f"json file '{jFile}': '{error}'")
 
-        oJson = __handleStrNoneTrueFalse(oJson)
         os.chdir(currentDir)
 
         self.__checkDotInParamName(oJson)
diff --git a/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py b/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py
index 47b942ed..cf7cb6be 100644
--- a/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py
+++ b/atest/jsonpreprocessor/test_jsonpreprocessor.py
@@ -348,15 +348,15 @@ def test_none_true_false_datatype(self):
         sJsonfile = os.path.abspath("../testdata/config/06_override_params/project_config_04.json")
         oJsonPreprocessor = CJsonPreprocessor(syntax="python")
         oJsonData = oJsonPreprocessor.jsonLoad(sJsonfile)
-        assert oJsonData['string_null'] == "null"
-        assert oJsonData['string_none'] == '"None"'
-        assert oJsonData['string_true'] == '"True"'
-        assert oJsonData['string_false'] == '"False"'
-        assert oJsonData['convert_null_to_string'] == '"None"'
-        assert oJsonData['convert_none_to_string'] == '"None"'
+        assert oJsonData['string_null'] == 'null'
+        assert oJsonData['string_none'] == 'None'
+        assert oJsonData['string_true'] == 'True'
+        assert oJsonData['string_false'] == 'False'
+        assert oJsonData['convert_null_to_string'] == 'None'
+        assert oJsonData['convert_none_to_string'] == 'None'
         assert oJsonData['convert_float_to_string'] == "1.332"
-        assert oJsonData['convert_true_to_string'] == '"True"'
-        assert oJsonData['convert_false_to_string'] == '"False"'
+        assert oJsonData['convert_true_to_string'] == 'True'
+        assert oJsonData['convert_false_to_string'] == 'False'
         assert oJsonData['params']['global'] == JSONFORMAT_NONE_TRUE_FALSE['params']['global']
         assert oJsonData['preprocessor']['definitions'] == JSONFORMAT_NONE_TRUE_FALSE['preprocessor']['definitions']