diff --git a/UltiSnips/python.snippets b/UltiSnips/python.snippets
index 41a3645..efca35d 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/python.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/python.snippets
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ DOXYGEN = 0x2
 SPHINX  = 0x3
 GOOGLE  = 0x4
 
-SINGLE_QUOTES = 0x1
-DOUBLE_QUOTES = 0x2
+SINGLE_QUOTES = "'"
+DOUBLE_QUOTES = '"'
 
 
 class Arg(object):
@@ -69,9 +69,28 @@ def get_quoting_style(snip):
 	return DOUBLE_QUOTES
 
 def triple_quotes(snip):
-	if get_quoting_style(snip) == SINGLE_QUOTES:
-		return "'''"
-	return '"""'
+	return get_quoting_style(snip) * 3
+
+def triple_quotes_handle_trailing(snip, quoting_style):
+	if not hasattr(snip, '_tqt'):
+		_, col = vim.current.window.cursor
+		line = vim.current.line
+
+		# Handle already existing quote chars, usually from an autoclose plugin
+		# like delimitMate.
+		_ret = quoting_style * 3
+		while True:
+			try:
+				nextc = line[col]
+			except IndexError:
+				break
+			if nextc == quoting_style and len(_ret):
+				_ret = _ret[1:]
+				col = col+1
+			else:
+				break
+		snip._tqt = _ret
+	snip.rv = snip._tqt
 
 def get_style(snip):
 	style = snip.opt("g:ultisnips_python_style", "normal")