diff --git a/passes/techmap/libparse.cc b/passes/techmap/libparse.cc
index 1a1726f94..664e99e24 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/libparse.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/libparse.cc
@@ -236,12 +236,9 @@ LibertyAst *LibertyParser::parse()
 
 		if (tok == ':' && ast->value.empty()) {
 			tok = lexer(ast->value);
-			if (tok != 'v') {
-			  //Synopsys-style unquoted identifiers issue#3498
-			} else {
-			   //Liberty canonical identifier including double quotes
-			  tok = lexer(str);
-			}			
+			if (tok == 'v') {
+    				tok = lexer(str);
+			}
 			while (tok == '+' || tok == '-' || tok == '*' || tok == '/' || tok == '!') {
 				ast->value += tok;
 				tok = lexer(str);