var str = 'remove "foo" delimiting double quotes';
console.log(str.replace(/"([^"]+(?="))"/g, '$1'));
//logs remove foo delimiting quotes
str = 'remove only "foo" delimiting "';//note trailing " at the end
console.log(str.replace(/"([^"]+(?="))"/g, '$1'));
//logs remove only foo delimiting "<-- trailing double quote is not removed