diff --git a/app/reflexes/products_reflex.rb b/app/reflexes/products_reflex.rb
index 52c8f96e5b..631789d8f6 100644
--- a/app/reflexes/products_reflex.rb
+++ b/app/reflexes/products_reflex.rb
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ class ProductsReflex < ApplicationReflex
 
   def ransack_query
     query = { s: "name desc" }
-    query = query.merge({ supplier_id_in: @producer_id }) if @producer_id.present?
+    query.merge!(supplier_id_in: @producer_id) if @producer_id.present?
     if @search_term.present?
       # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
-      query = query.merge({ name_or_meta_keywords_or_variants_display_as_or_variants_display_name_or_supplier_name_cont: @search_term })
+      query.merge!(name_or_meta_keywords_or_variants_display_as_or_variants_display_name_or_supplier_name_cont: @search_term)
       # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
     end
-    query = query.merge({ primary_taxon_id_in: @category_id }) if @category_id.present?
+    query.merge!(primary_taxon_id_in: @category_id) if @category_id.present?
     query
   end