diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index cce0f99f..ebcb4f26 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ module Liquid
     def replace_last(input, string, replacement)
       start_index = input.to_s.rindex(string.to_s)
 
-      if !start_index.nil? && start_index > -1
+      if !start_index.nil?
         end_index = start_index + replacement.to_s.length
 
         duplicate = input.to_s.dup