diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 50ec5ab68..be727600e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -8429,6 +8429,9 @@ static void inp_quote_params(struct card *c, struct card *end_c,
     if (ft_skywaterpdk)
         return;
 
+    if (newcompat.hs && cp_getvar("no_auto_braces", CP_BOOL, NULL, 0))
+        return;
+
     for (; c && c != end_c; c = c->nextcard) {
 
         int i, j, num_terminals;