diff --git a/pymbolic/primitives.py b/pymbolic/primitives.py
index 963362598df23f8abaac0336cc8221a71f7edd23..8bc804249a427014faedbd5a0a48779ad6b699ef 100644
--- a/pymbolic/primitives.py
+++ b/pymbolic/primitives.py
@@ -1721,10 +1721,7 @@ def make_sym_vector(name, components, var_factory=Variable):
     return join_fields(*[vfld.index(i) for i in components])
 
 
-def make_sym_array(name, shape, var_factory=None):
-    if var_factory is None:
-        var_factory = Variable
-
+def make_sym_array(name, shape, var_factory=Variable):
     vfld = var_factory(name)
     if shape == ():
         return vfld