diff --git a/src/event.zig b/src/event.zig
index 3675a25..3e5f05e 100644
--- a/src/event.zig
+++ b/src/event.zig
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub fn mergeTaggedUnions(comptime A: type, comptime B: type) type {
         .layout = .auto,
         .tag_type = Event,
         .fields = fields[0..],
-        .decls = if (decls.len != 0) decls[0..] else &.{},
+        .decls = &.{},
     } });
 }