diff --git a/commands/issue.go b/commands/issue.go
index 67a8f42822516dbb87e1030abb8861399b24e2ef..91a8ff53306acad3ae0d121e4d696a5c794451bb 100644
--- a/commands/issue.go
+++ b/commands/issue.go
@@ -115,11 +115,8 @@ func writeIssueTitleAndBody(project *github.Project) (string, string, error) {
 # text is the title and the rest is the description.
 `
 
-	if template := github.GetIssueTemplate(); template == "" {
-		message = fmt.Sprintf(message, "", project.Name)
-	} else {
-		message = fmt.Sprintf(message, template, project.Name)
-	}
+	template := github.GetIssueTemplate()
+	message = fmt.Sprintf(message, template, project.Name)
 
 	editor, err := github.NewEditor("ISSUE", "issue", message)
 	if err != nil {