Can't uninstall Exchange 2013 - (Distribution groups)

I need help uninstalling Exchange 2013. The uninstaller fails with these 2 errors:
This computer is responsible for expanding the membership of 1 distribution groups. These groups must be reassigned to another server before Setup can continue.
This computer is responsible for expanding the membership of 1 dynamic distribution groups. These groups must be reassigned to another server before Setup can continue.
I've gone so far as to disabling all distribution groups which removes its email properties and the uninstaller still fails.
This is what happens in the eventlog:
System.Management.Automation.ParseException: At line:1 char:67
+ Get-DynamicDistributionGroup | where {$_.ExpansionServer -eq '/o='s-Hertogenbosc ...
+                                                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unexpected token 's-Hertogenbosch/ou=Exchange' in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:175
+ ... s/cn=CADEXCDB13'}
+                    ~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
At line:1 char:38
+ Get-DynamicDistributionGroup | where {$_.ExpansionServer -eq '/o='s-Hertogenbosc ...
+                                      ~
Missing closing '}' in statement block.
   at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.MonadDataProvider.MonadPipelineProxy.ClosePipeline(MonadAsyncResult asyncResult)
] [ParentValue:"<NULL>"] [Thread:11] [Duration:00:00:00.0156248]
I'm sure what happens here is the powershell commands looking at the distribution groups fail, because of our city name ('s-Hertogenbosch). Because of the apostrophe, the parameter is not passed successfully of this legacyExchangeDN. As this check fails,
I believe the readiness check fails on these steps.
This legacy administrative group name is still left from a 2003 -> 2010 -> 2013 migration.
I've opened a Microsoft support request for this last week, but I thought someone might have dealt with this? I want to do a clean uninstall if possible.

After I removed the distribution groups, I did restart the server.
The problem is the the powershell script to check for existing distribution groups use a single quote to pass the server name to it. The server name contains a single quote itself so the parameter is not passed successfully.  If the powershell script
used a double quote it would pass the parameter correctly.
This works:
Get-DistributionGroup | where ExpansionServer -eq "/o='s-Hertogenbosch/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=CADEXCDB13"
This does not work:
Get-DistributionGroup | where ExpansionServer -eq '/o='s-Hertogenbosch/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=CADEXCDB13'
Do you see the difference? (Parameter is passed in a single or double quotation)

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