diff --git a/config/application.php b/config/application.php
index 102824fb24..049cd4b3bf 100644
--- a/config/application.php
+++ b/config/application.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 Config::define('DB_HOST', env('DB_HOST') ?: 'localhost');
 Config::define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4');
 Config::define('DB_COLLATE', '');
-$table_prefix = empty(env('DB_PREFIX')) ? env('DB_PREFIX') : 'wp_'
+$table_prefix = env('DB_PREFIX') ?: 'wp_';
 
 if (env('DATABASE_URL')) {
     $dsn = (object) parse_url(env('DATABASE_URL'));