1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 0333395f8..945077d87 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -2647,14 +2647,12 @@ static NOINLINE int expand_vars_to_list(o_string *output, int n, char *arg, char
                                         end = --exp_word;
                                         if (*exp_word != ':') /* not ${var::...} */
                                                 beg = bb_strtou(exp_word, &end, 0);
-                                                //bb_error_msg("beg:'%s'=%u end:'%s'", exp_word, beg, end);
+                                        //bb_error_msg("beg:'%s'=%u end:'%s'", exp_word, beg, end);
                                         if (*end == ':') {
                                                 len = bb_strtou(end + 1, &end, 0);
                                                 //bb_error_msg("len:%u end:'%s'", len, end);
                                         }
-                                        if (*end == '\0'
-                                         && end != exp_word /* not "${var:}" */
-                                        ) {
+                                        if (*end == '\0') {
                                                 //bb_error_msg("from val:'%s'", val);
                                                 if (!val || beg >= strlen(val))
                                                         val = "";