diff --git a/src/Server.zig b/src/Server.zig
index 81862e1bd..edaa7f518 100644
--- a/src/Server.zig
+++ b/src/Server.zig
@@ -1644,13 +1644,12 @@ fn workspaceSymbolHandler(server: *Server, arena: std.mem.Allocator, request: ty
 
     doc_loop: for (server.document_store.trigram_stores.keys(), server.document_store.trigram_stores.values()) |uri, trigram_store| {
         const handle = server.document_store.getOrLoadHandle(uri) orelse continue;
-        if (trigram_store.filter == null) continue;
 
         const tree = handle.tree;
         const doc_scope = try handle.getDocumentScope();
 
         for (trigrams.items) |trigram| {
-            if (!trigram_store.filter.?.contain(@bitCast(trigram))) continue :doc_loop;
+            if (!trigram_store.filter.contain(@bitCast(trigram))) continue :doc_loop;
         }
 
         candidate_decls_buffer.clearRetainingCapacity();
diff --git a/src/TrigramStore.zig b/src/TrigramStore.zig
index 5e4450488..8b3f616bd 100644
--- a/src/TrigramStore.zig
+++ b/src/TrigramStore.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const CompactingMultiList = @import("compacting_multi_list.zig").CompactingMulti
 const TrigramStore = @This();
 
 /// Fast lookup with false positives.
-filter: ?fastfilter.BinaryFuse8,
+filter: fastfilter.BinaryFuse8,
 /// Map index is a slice in decls.
 lookup: std.AutoArrayHashMapUnmanaged(Trigram, void),
 decls: CompactingMultiList(Declaration.Index).Compacted,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ pub fn reset(store: *TrigramStore, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(store: *TrigramStore, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
-    if (store.filter) |filter| filter.deinit(allocator);
+    store.filter.deinit(allocator);
     store.lookup.deinit(allocator);
     store.decls.deinit(allocator);
     store.* = undefined;