diff --git a/src/testdir/test_float_func.vim b/src/testdir/test_float_func.vim
index 628bbb0..77687d1 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_float_func.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_float_func.vim
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@
   call assert_fails("echo string(123'456.7'89)", 'E116:')
 enddef
 
+func Test_float_quotes_from_legacy()
+  call assert_equal("\n123456.789", execute("vim9 echo 12'34'56.789"))
+endfunc
+
 func Test_float2nr()
   call assert_equal(1, float2nr(1.234))
   call assert_equal(123, float2nr(1.234e2))
diff --git a/src/typval.c b/src/typval.c
index 389ca34..5a62fa0 100644
--- a/src/typval.c
+++ b/src/typval.c
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@
 	int	    want_string UNUSED)
 {
     int		len;
-    int		skip_quotes = current_sctx.sc_version >= 4;
+    int		skip_quotes = current_sctx.sc_version >= 4 || in_vim9script();
 #ifdef FEAT_FLOAT
     char_u	*p;
     int		get_float = FALSE;
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index aacefc0..8971e5d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    3318,
+/**/
     3317,
 /**/
     3316,