diff --git a/src/Taggable.php b/src/Taggable.php
index c054c9a..f1d9b3e 100644
--- a/src/Taggable.php
+++ b/src/Taggable.php
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ public function getTagsAttribute()
 	 */
 	public function tag($tagNames)
 	{
-		if(!is_array($tagNames)) {
-			$tagNames = func_get_args();
-			array_shift($tagNames);
-		}
-		
 		$tagNames = static::$taggingUtility->makeTagArray($tagNames);
 		
 		foreach($tagNames as $tagName) {
@@ -131,11 +126,6 @@ public function untag($tagNames=null)
 	 */
 	public function retag($tagNames)
 	{
-		if(!is_array($tagNames)) {
-			$tagNames = func_get_args();
-			array_shift($tagNames);
-		}
-		
 		$tagNames = static::$taggingUtility->makeTagArray($tagNames);
 		$currentTagNames = $this->tagNames();
 		
@@ -157,11 +147,6 @@ public function retag($tagNames)
 	 */
 	public function scopeWithAllTags($query, $tagNames)
 	{
-		if(!is_array($tagNames)) {
-			$tagNames = func_get_args();
-			array_shift($tagNames);
-		}
-		
 		$tagNames = static::$taggingUtility->makeTagArray($tagNames);
 		
 		$normalizer = config('tagging.normalizer');
@@ -186,11 +171,6 @@ public function scopeWithAllTags($query, $tagNames)
 	 */
 	public function scopeWithAnyTag($query, $tagNames)
 	{
-		if(!is_array($tagNames)) {
-			$tagNames = func_get_args();
-			array_shift($tagNames);
-		}
-		
 		$tagNames = static::$taggingUtility->makeTagArray($tagNames);
 		
 		$normalizer = config('tagging.normalizer');