diff --git a/bin/git-delete-merged-branches b/bin/git-delete-merged-branches
index f5c4f77..38988cf 100755
--- a/bin/git-delete-merged-branches
+++ b/bin/git-delete-merged-branches
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 branches=$(git branch --no-color --merged | grep -vE "^(\*|\+)" | grep -v "$(git_extra_default_branch)" | grep -v svn)
 if [ -n "$branches" ]
 then
-    echo "$branches" | xargs -n 1 git branch -d
+    echo "$branches" | xargs git branch -d
 fi