diff --git a/models/t_parse.go b/models/t_parse.go
index 1cbfeea63..cccfdef37 100644
--- a/models/t_parse.go
+++ b/models/t_parse.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package models
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+
+	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/pkg/txtutil"
 )
 
 // PopulateFromString populates a RecordConfig given a type and string.  Many
@@ -70,10 +72,11 @@ func (rc *RecordConfig) PopulateFromString(rtype, contents, origin string) error
 	case "SOA":
 		return rc.SetTargetSOAString(contents)
 	case "SPF", "TXT":
-		// Parsing the contents may be unexpected. If your provider gives you a
-		// string that needs no further parsing, special case TXT and use
-		// rc.SetTargetTXT(target) like in the example above.
-		return rc.SetTargetTXTs(ParseQuotedTxt(contents))
+		t, err := txtutil.ParseQuoted(contents)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return rc.SetTargetTXT(t)
 	case "SRV":
 		return rc.SetTargetSRVString(contents)
 	case "SSHFP":
diff --git a/providers/gcloud/gcloudProvider.go b/providers/gcloud/gcloudProvider.go
index d0835ba77..b6b693c98 100644
--- a/providers/gcloud/gcloudProvider.go
+++ b/providers/gcloud/gcloudProvider.go
@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@ func (g *gcloudProvider) GetZoneRecordsCorrections(dc *models.DomainConfig, exis
 					//printer.Printf("DEBUG: gcloud txt chunks=%+v\n", chunks)
 					//newRRs.Rrdatas = append(newRRs.Rrdatas, chunks[0:]...)
 					t := r.GetTargetField()
-					printer.Printf("DEBUG: gcloud outboundv=%v\n", t)
+					//printer.Printf("DEBUG: gcloud outboundv=%v\n", t)
 					//tc := txtutil.RFC1035ChunkedAndQuoted(t)
 					tc := txtutil.EncodeQuoted(t)
-					printer.Printf("DEBUG: gcloud  encodedv=%v\n", tc)
+					//printer.Printf("DEBUG: gcloud  encodedv=%v\n", tc)
 					newRRs.Rrdatas = append(newRRs.Rrdatas, tc)
 				} else {
 					newRRs.Rrdatas = append(newRRs.Rrdatas, r.GetTargetCombined())
@@ -416,23 +416,7 @@ func nativeToRecord(set *gdns.ResourceRecordSet, rec, origin string) (*models.Re
 	r.SetLabelFromFQDN(set.Name, origin)
 	r.TTL = uint32(set.Ttl)
 	rtype := set.Type
-	var err error
-	switch rtype {
-	case "TXT":
-		//t := r
-		//te := models.ParseQuotedTxt(rec)
-		t := rec
-		td, err := txtutil.ParseQuoted(t)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("gcloud TXT parse error: %w", err)
-		}
-		printer.Printf("DEBUG: gcloud txt  inboundv=%v\n", t)
-		printer.Printf("DEBUG: gcloud txt  decodedv=%v\n", td)
-		err = r.SetTargetTXT(td)
-		//err = r.SetTargetTXTs(te)
-	default:
-		err = r.PopulateFromString(rtype, rec, origin)
-	}
+	err := r.PopulateFromString(rtype, rec, origin)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unparsable record %q received from GCLOUD: %w", rtype, err)
 	}
diff --git a/providers/hedns/hednsProvider.go b/providers/hedns/hednsProvider.go
index 038dee47d..226754293 100644
--- a/providers/hedns/hednsProvider.go
+++ b/providers/hedns/hednsProvider.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/models"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/pkg/diff2"
+	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/pkg/txtutil"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v4/providers"
 	"github.com/pquerna/otp/totp"
 )
@@ -322,7 +323,10 @@ func (c *hednsProvider) GetZoneRecords(domain string, meta map[string]string) (m
 			rc.Type = "TXT"
 			fallthrough
 		case "TXT":
-			err = rc.SetTargetTXTs(models.ParseQuotedTxt(data))
+			//err = rc.SetTargetTXTs(models.ParseQuotedTxt(data))
+			var t string
+			t, err = txtutil.ParseQuoted(data)
+			err = rc.SetTargetTXT(t)
 		default:
 			err = rc.PopulateFromString(rc.Type, data, domain)
 		}