diff --git a/git-flow-feature b/git-flow-feature
index 8893598..b69cc73 100644
--- a/git-flow-feature
+++ b/git-flow-feature
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 	parse_cmdline "$@"
 
 	# read arguments into global variables
-	NAME=$(last_arg "$@")
+	NAME=$1
 	BRANCH=$PREFIX$NAME
 }
 
diff --git a/git-flow-hotfix b/git-flow-hotfix
index 545b5e7..5660131 100644
--- a/git-flow-hotfix
+++ b/git-flow-hotfix
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 	eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 
 	# read arguments into global variables
-	VERSION=$(last_arg "$@")
+	VERSION=$1
 	BRANCH=$PREFIX$VERSION
 }
 
diff --git a/git-flow-release b/git-flow-release
index aea6e42..05815bc 100644
--- a/git-flow-release
+++ b/git-flow-release
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 	eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
 
 	# read arguments into global variables
-	VERSION=$(last_arg "$@")
+	VERSION=$1
 	BRANCH=$PREFIX$VERSION
 }
 
diff --git a/gitflow-common b/gitflow-common
index 4255f99..c58cca0 100644
--- a/gitflow-common
+++ b/gitflow-common
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@
 warn() { echo "$@" >&2; }
 die() { warn "$@"; exit 1; }
 
-# argument processing
-last_arg() {
-    if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
-        shift $(expr $# - 1)
-        echo "$1"
-    fi
-}
-
 # set logic
 has() {
 	local item=$1; shift