diff --git a/src/error.cc b/src/error.cc
index 39ac63ea..0b6f228d 100644
--- a/src/error.cc
+++ b/src/error.cc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ string error_context()
 string file_context(const path& file, const std::size_t line)
 {
   std::ostringstream buf;
-  buf << "\"" << file << "\", line " << line << ": ";
+  buf << file << ", line " << line << ": ";
   return buf.str();
 }