diff --git a/lib/tokenize-arg-string.js b/lib/tokenize-arg-string.js
index 569f61ad..aa19e076 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize-arg-string.js
+++ b/lib/tokenize-arg-string.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ module.exports = function (argString) {
     // don't split the string if we're in matching
     // opening or closing single and double quotes.
     if (c === opening) {
-      if (!args[i]) args[i] = ''
       opening = null
     } else if ((c === "'" || c === '"') && !opening) {
       opening = c