diff --git a/git-prune-local b/git-prune-local
index 5bd6e22..068b113 100755
--- a/git-prune-local
+++ b/git-prune-local
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-git branch --merged | while read line
-do
-    # If the line is in the format '* master' (indicating the current branch),
-    # this will be effectively empty, so we don't somehow delete the current
-    # branch
-    BRANCH=`echo "$line" | awk -F '*' '{ print $1 }'`
-
-    if [ -z "$BRANCH" ]
-    then
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$BRANCH" == "master" ]
-    then
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    git branch -d "$BRANCH"
-done
+git branch --merged | grep -v ^* |  grep -v ^\ \ master$ | xargs git branch -d