diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
index 72cf7f46..7504e36e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).provide(
   end
 
   def self.pythondict2array(input)
-    json_input = JSON.parse(input.gsub(/u'([^']*)'/, '"\1"').gsub(/'/, '"'))
+    json_input = JSON.parse(input.gsub(/'/, '"'))
     output = []
     json_input.each do | k, v |
       output = output + ["#{k}=#{v}"]
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
index 5a0a6fe9..85c6677b 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ access_project_ids="54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23, 54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a0
 
       describe '#pythondict2array' do
         it 'should return an array with key-value when provided with a unicode python dict' do
-          s = "{u'key': 'value', u'key2': 'value2'}"
+          s = "{'key': 'value', 'key2': 'value2'}"
           expect(provider_class.pythondict2array(s)).to eq(['key=value', 'key2=value2'])
         end
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ access_project_ids="54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23, 54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a0
         end
 
         it 'should call pythondict2array when provided with a hash' do
-          s = "{u'key': 'value', u'key2': 'value2'}"
+          s = "{'key': 'value', 'key2': 'value2'}"
           expect(provider_class.parsestring(s)).to eq(['key=value', 'key2=value2'])
         end
       end