diff --git a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/ui/validation/Validation.java b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/ui/validation/Validation.java
index d47c778..d8186de 100644
--- a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/ui/validation/Validation.java
+++ b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/ui/validation/Validation.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.xtext.ui.editor.model.*;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.util.concurrent.IUnitOfWork;
 
+import com.google.eclipse.protobuf.conversion.STRINGValueConverter;
 import com.google.eclipse.protobuf.protobuf.Import;
 import com.google.eclipse.protobuf.ui.internal.ProtobufActivator;
 import com.google.eclipse.protobuf.util.ModelNodes;
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@
     if (node == null) return null;
     String text = node.getText();
     if (text == null) return null;
-    return text.substring(1, text.length() - 1);
+    STRINGValueConverter converter = injector().getInstance(STRINGValueConverter.class);
+    return converter.toValue(text, node);
   }
 
   private static ModelNodes nodes() {
diff --git a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 41e5b07..b6c702e 100644
--- a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  org.apache.commons.logging
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: J2SE-1.5
 Export-Package: com.google.eclipse.protobuf,
+ com.google.eclipse.protobuf.conversion,
  com.google.eclipse.protobuf.grammar,
  com.google.eclipse.protobuf.parseTreeConstruction,
  com.google.eclipse.protobuf.parser.antlr,
diff --git a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/conversion/STRINGValueConverter.java b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/conversion/STRINGValueConverter.java
index ac50185..f8030dc 100644
--- a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/conversion/STRINGValueConverter.java
+++ b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/conversion/STRINGValueConverter.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 package com.google.eclipse.protobuf.conversion;
 
-import static com.google.eclipse.protobuf.util.Strings.removeLineBreaksFrom;
 import static org.eclipse.xtext.util.Strings.*;
 
 import org.eclipse.xtext.conversion.ValueConverterException;
@@ -45,6 +44,11 @@
     }
   }
 
+  private static String removeLineBreaksFrom(String s) {
+    if (s == null) return s;
+    return s.replaceAll("\"[\t\r\n]+\"|'[\t\r\n]+'", "");
+  }
+
   private ValueConverterException parsingError(String string, INode node, Exception cause) {
     return new ValueConverterException("Couldn't convert '" + string + "' to String.", node, cause);
   }
diff --git a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/scoping/ProtobufImportUriResolver.java b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/scoping/ProtobufImportUriResolver.java
index e1cfbc8..8c32dbf 100644
--- a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/scoping/ProtobufImportUriResolver.java
+++ b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/scoping/ProtobufImportUriResolver.java
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
  */
 package com.google.eclipse.protobuf.scoping;
 
-import static com.google.eclipse.protobuf.util.Strings.removeLineBreaksFrom;
-
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.scoping.impl.ImportUriResolver;
 
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@
   }
 
   private String resolveImportUri(Import anImport) {
-    String importURI = removeLineBreaksFrom(anImport.getImportURI());
+    String importURI = anImport.getImportURI();
     return delegate.resolveUri(importURI, anImport.eResource());
   }
 }
diff --git a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/util/Strings.java b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/util/Strings.java
index 1d4e8eb..b3b079e 100644
--- a/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/util/Strings.java
+++ b/com.google.eclipse.protobuf/src/com/google/eclipse/protobuf/util/Strings.java
@@ -33,15 +33,5 @@
     return new String(chars);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Removes any line breaks from the given {@code String}.
-   * @param s the given {@code String}.
-   * @return the given {@code String} with all line breaks removed.
-   */
-  public static String removeLineBreaksFrom(String s) {
-    if (s == null) return s;
-    return s.replaceAll("\"[\t\r\n]+\"|'[\t\r\n]+'", "");
-  }
-
   private Strings() {}
 }