ls quoting non existing files

Hi,
This came in post ls version 8.25.

If you do an ls of a file that doesn't exist, it puts quotes around the file in the error message.

E.g. if foo doesnt exist

# ls foo
ls: cannot access 'foo': No such file or directory

On older (pre 8.25 inclusive), you get,

# ls foo
ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory

None of the quoting-style options change this.

Any ideas? I can potentially put alias and functions in place, but seems overkill.
It's for an automated regression system with expected output.

Cheers,
Ian