diff --git a/src/remove_duplicates_from_sorted_array.py b/src/remove_duplicates_from_sorted_array.py
index 548386d..44879f6 100644
--- a/src/remove_duplicates_from_sorted_array.py
+++ b/src/remove_duplicates_from_sorted_array.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 class Solution:
     def removeDuplicates(self, nums: list[int]) -> int:
-        if not nums:
-            return 0
-
-        to_insert = 1
+        j = 1
 
         for i in range(1, len(nums)):
-            if nums[i] != nums[to_insert - 1]:
-                nums[to_insert] = nums[i]
-                to_insert += 1
+            if nums[i - 1] == nums[i]:
+                continue
+            nums[j] = nums[i]
+            j += 1
 
-        return to_insert
+        return j