diff --git a/share/completions/git.fish b/share/completions/git.fish
index f9e7ba2be..ba70dd9f4 100644
--- a/share/completions/git.fish
+++ b/share/completions/git.fish
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ end
 
 function __fish_git_needs_command
   set cmd (commandline -opc)
-  if [ (count $cmd) -eq 1 -a $cmd[1] = 'git' ]
+  if [ (count $cmd) -eq 1 ]
     return 0
   end
   return 1