diff --git a/search/highlight/highlighter/simple/highlighter_simple.go b/search/highlight/highlighter/simple/highlighter_simple.go
index 40a1dba4..3815c8e1 100644
--- a/search/highlight/highlighter/simple/highlighter_simple.go
+++ b/search/highlight/highlighter/simple/highlighter_simple.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (s *Highlighter) BestFragmentsInField(dm *search.DocumentMatch, doc *docume
 	}
 
 	// now find the N best non-overlapping fragments
-	bestFragments := make([]*highlight.Fragment, 0)
+	var bestFragments []*highlight.Fragment
 	if len(fq) > 0 {
 		candidate := heap.Pop(&fq)
 	OUTER: