diff --git a/bin/git-delete-merged-branches b/bin/git-delete-merged-branches
index f5c4f77..723ab46 100755
--- a/bin/git-delete-merged-branches
+++ b/bin/git-delete-merged-branches
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-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
-fi
+git branch --no-color --merged | grep -vE "^(\*|\+)" | grep -v "$(git_extra_default_branch)" | grep -v svn | xargs -r -n 1 git branch -d