diff --git a/scripts/util/keystore-cert-import b/scripts/util/keystore-cert-import
index a7523ca51e2..a9465f273a3 100755
--- a/scripts/util/keystore-cert-import
+++ b/scripts/util/keystore-cert-import
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if [ -f "$LIBVIRTD_FILE" ]; then
     ln -sf /etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-key.pem
     cloudstack-setup-agent -s > /dev/null
 
-    QEMU_GROUP=$(sed -n 's/^group=//p' /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf | awk -F'"' '{print $2}' | tail -n1)
+    QEMU_GROUP=$(sed -n 's/^group\s*=//p' /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf | tr -d '"' | tr -d ' ' | tr -d "'" | tail -n1)
     if [ ! -z "${QEMU_GROUP// }" ]; then
       chgrp $QEMU_GROUP /etc/pki/libvirt /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc /etc/pki/CA /etc/pki/libvirt/private /etc/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem /etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/ca-cert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-cert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-key.pem
       chmod 750 /etc/pki/libvirt /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc /etc/pki/CA /etc/pki/libvirt/private /etc/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem /etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/ca-cert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-cert.pem /etc/pki/libvirt-vnc/server-key.pem