diff --git a/commands/cli/parse.go b/commands/cli/parse.go
index f766af43640331ed15d5e8e7ec118015d05c6b89..bd37419155e6ff70f6235ff2a409a0672a529574 100644
--- a/commands/cli/parse.go
+++ b/commands/cli/parse.go
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ func Parse(input []string, root *commands.Command) ([]string, []string, map[stri
   return path, args, opts, nil
 }
 
-
-// path gets the command path from the command line input
+// parsePath gets the command path from the command line input
 func parsePath(input []string, root *commands.Command) ([]string, []string, error) {
   cmd := root
   i := 0
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func parsePath(input []string, root *commands.Command) ([]string, []string, erro
   return input[:i], input[i:], nil
 }
 
-// options parses the raw string values of the given options
+// parseOptions parses the raw string values of the given options
 // returns the parsed options as strings, along with the CLI args
 func parseOptions(input, path []string, root *commands.Command) (map[string]string, []string, error) {
   options, err := root.GetOptions(path)
@@ -69,37 +68,6 @@ func parseOptions(input, path []string, root *commands.Command) (map[string]stri
         value = split[1]
       }
 
-      if strings.Contains(name, "-") {
-        return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid option blob: '%s' (Shouldn't contain '-')", input[i])
-      }
-
-      if value != "" && strings.Contains(value, "\"") {
-        // TODO: ignore escaped quotations (--foo="\"")
-        if !strings.HasPrefix(value, "\"") {
-          return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid option blob: '%s' (Quotation wasn't at the start of value)", input[i])
-        }
-
-        value = value[1:]
-
-        for {
-          if strings.HasSuffix(value, "\"") {
-            value = value[:len(value)-1]
-            break
-          }
-
-          i++
-          if i >= len(input) {
-            return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Unterminated string: '%s'", value)
-          }
-
-          value += " " + input[i]
-        }
-
-        if strings.Contains(value, "\"") {
-          return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid option blob: '%s' (Value contains unescaped quotation)", value)
-        }
-      }
-
       opts[name] = value
 
     } else if strings.HasPrefix(blob, "-") {
diff --git a/commands/cli/parse_test.go b/commands/cli/parse_test.go
index 2ede7b9c8120aa9fd886893fc829d7059fedc978..247ca3d1e62d6de0c3a4fbcbeb6a992d5bb431b5 100644
--- a/commands/cli/parse_test.go
+++ b/commands/cli/parse_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestOptionParsing(t *testing.T) {
   }
   cmd.Register("test", &commands.Command{})
 
-  opts, input, err := parseOptions([]string{ "--beep", "--boop=\"5", "lol\"", "test2", "-cVb", "beep" },
+  opts, input, err := parseOptions([]string{ "--beep", "--boop=5 lol", "test2", "-cVb", "beep" },
     []string{"test"}, cmd)
   /*for k, v := range opts {
     fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", k, v)