diff --git a/tags.go b/tags.go
index 56849f3..71f5710 100644
--- a/tags.go
+++ b/tags.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (tags Tags) AppendUnique(tag Tag) Tags {
 }
 
 func (t *Tags) Scan(src any) error {
-	var jtags []byte = make([]byte, 0)
+	var jtags []byte
 
 	switch v := src.(type) {
 	case []byte: