diff --git a/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js b/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
index f83e5ce..bc6310d 100644
--- a/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
+++ b/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // get excerpt, not decoded, newlines collapsed
 module.exports = (post) => {
-	const excerpt = post.data.encoded[1].replace(/[\r\n]+/gm, ' ');
-	return excerpt;
+	return post.data.encoded[1].replace(/[\r\n]+/gm, ' ');
 };