diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgutil-resolve-name/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgutil-resolve-name/package.py
index 274e98828c8..68c300636fa 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgutil-resolve-name/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pkgutil-resolve-name/package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 class PyPkgutilResolveName(PythonPackage):
-    """Resolve a name to an object. A backport of Python 3.9’s `pkgutil.resolve_name`"""
+    """Resolve a name to an object. A backport of Python 3.9 `pkgutil.resolve_name`"""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/graingert/pkgutil-resolve-name"
     pypi = "pkgutil_resolve_name/pkgutil_resolve_name-1.3.10.tar.gz"