Remove from select using jQuery

Question

var currentSelect = 'option1';
$('#selectMail option[value=' + currentSelect + ']').remove();

What I am trying to do above is to remove a option from a select where the option value equals currentSelect. This however returns the error

Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: #selectMail option[value=dasd@dasd.se]

What is happening here?

Answer 1

try

$('#selectMail option[value="' + currentSelect + '"]').remove();

Answer 2

Value of attribute should be wrapped in quotes.

It should be

$('#selectMail option[value="' + currentSelect + '"]').remove();