Only check for path as nil

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/uri.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/uri.ex
index 1535e0086..29681b4ad 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/lib/uri.ex
+++ b/lib/elixir/lib/uri.ex
@@ -892,8 +892,7 @@ defmodule URI do
     %{rel | scheme: base.scheme, path: remove_dot_segments_from_path(rel.path)}
   end
 
-  # TODO: Check only for nils in future versions
-  def merge(%URI{} = base, %URI{path: rel_path} = rel) when rel_path in ["", nil] do
+  def merge(%URI{} = base, %URI{path: nil} = rel) do
     %{base | query: rel.query || base.query, fragment: rel.fragment}
   end