diff --git a/src/gam.py b/src/gam.py
index f79c5018..24432b7f 100755
--- a/src/gam.py
+++ b/src/gam.py
@@ -10522,8 +10522,9 @@ def doSiteVerifyAttempt():
         else:
           answer = 'no matching record found'
           for possible_answer in answers:
-            if possible_answer['data'].startswith('google-site-verification='):
-              answer = possible_answer
+            possible_answer['data'] = possible_answer['data'].strip('"')
+            if possible_answer['data'].startswith('google-site-verification'):
+              answer = possible_answer['data']
               break
             else:
               print('Unrelated TXT record: %s' % possible_answer['data'])
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index 4b5caa84..1d58fbf7 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 python-dateutil
-dnspython
 google-api-python-client
 google-auth
 google-auth-httplib2