diff --git a/carddav/server.go b/carddav/server.go
index 5960809..b042867 100644
--- a/carddav/server.go
+++ b/carddav/server.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (b *backend) HeadGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(ao.ContentLength, 10))
 	}
 	if ao.ETag != "" {
-		w.Header().Set("ETag", internal.ETag(ao.ETag).String())
+		w.Header().Set("ETag", ao.ETag)
 	}
 	if !ao.ModTime.IsZero() {
 		w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", ao.ModTime.UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat))
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func (b *backend) propFindAddressObject(ctx context.Context, propfind *internal.
 
 	if ao.ETag != "" {
 		props[internal.GetETagName] = func(*internal.RawXMLValue) (interface{}, error) {
-			return &internal.GetETag{ETag: internal.ETag(ao.ETag)}, nil
+			return &internal.GetETag{ETag: ao.ETag}, nil
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/elements.go b/internal/elements.go
index 786922e..905b44b 100644
--- a/internal/elements.go
+++ b/internal/elements.go
@@ -368,26 +368,7 @@ type GetLastModified struct {
 // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918#section-15.6
 type GetETag struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"DAV: getetag"`
-	ETag    ETag     `xml:",chardata"`
-}
-
-type ETag string
-
-func (etag *ETag) UnmarshalText(b []byte) error {
-	s, err := strconv.Unquote(string(b))
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("webdav: failed to unquote ETag: %v", err)
-	}
-	*etag = ETag(s)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (etag ETag) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
-	return []byte(etag.String()), nil
-}
-
-func (etag ETag) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%q", string(etag))
+	ETag    string   `xml:",chardata"`
 }
 
 // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918#section-14.5
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 7eaadde..e10ac40 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (b *backend) HeadGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 		w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", fi.ModTime.UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat))
 	}
 	if fi.ETag != "" {
-		w.Header().Set("ETag", internal.ETag(fi.ETag).String())
+		w.Header().Set("ETag", fi.ETag)
 	}
 
 	if rs, ok := f.(io.ReadSeeker); ok {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (b *backend) propFindFile(propfind *internal.PropFind, fi *FileInfo) (*inte
 
 		if fi.ETag != "" {
 			props[internal.GetETagName] = func(*internal.RawXMLValue) (interface{}, error) {
-				return &internal.GetETag{ETag: internal.ETag(fi.ETag)}, nil
+				return &internal.GetETag{ETag: fi.ETag}, nil
 			}
 		}
 	}