diff --git a/src/filter.cpp b/src/filter.cpp
index 95b512ba..757bb4b7 100644
--- a/src/filter.cpp
+++ b/src/filter.cpp
@@ -639,10 +639,6 @@ Option<bool> toFilter(const std::string expression,
             std::vector<std::string> filter_values;
             StringUtils::split_to_values(
                     raw_value.substr(filter_value_index + 1, raw_value.size() - filter_value_index - 2), filter_values);
-            if (filter_values.empty()) {
-                return Option<bool>(400, "Error with filter field `" + _field.name +
-                                         "`: Filter value array cannot be empty.");
-            }
             if(_field.stem) {
                 auto stemmer = _field.get_stemmer();
                 for (std::string& filter_value: filter_values) {
diff --git a/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp b/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
index 8e236f4f..63fac08c 100644
--- a/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
+++ b/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
@@ -1593,6 +1593,9 @@ TEST_F(CollectionFilteringTest, NegationOperatorBasics) {
     results = coll1->search("*", {"artist"}, "artist:![Swift, Jackson]", {}, {}, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY, {true}, 10).get();
     ASSERT_EQ(0, results["found"]);
 
+    results = coll1->search("*", {"artist"}, "artist:!=[]", {}, {}, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY, {true}, 10).get();
+    ASSERT_EQ(4, results["found"]);
+
     // empty value (bad filtering)
     auto res_op = coll1->search("*", {"artist"}, "artist:!=", {}, {}, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY, {true}, 10);
     ASSERT_FALSE(res_op.ok());
@@ -1610,10 +1613,6 @@ TEST_F(CollectionFilteringTest, NegationOperatorBasics) {
     ASSERT_FALSE(res_op.ok());
     ASSERT_EQ("Error with filter field `artist`: Filter value cannot be empty.", res_op.error());
 
-    res_op = coll1->search("*", {"artist"}, "artist:!=[]", {}, {}, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY, {true}, 10);
-    ASSERT_FALSE(res_op.ok());
-    ASSERT_EQ("Error with filter field `artist`: Filter value array cannot be empty.", res_op.error());
-
     collectionManager.drop_collection("coll1");
 }
 
@@ -1677,6 +1676,11 @@ TEST_F(CollectionFilteringTest, FilterStringsWithComma) {
     ASSERT_EQ(1, results["found"].get<size_t>());
     ASSERT_STREQ("0", results["hits"][0]["document"]["id"].get<std::string>().c_str());
 
+    results = coll1->search("*", {"place"}, "place: []", {}, {}, {0}, 10, 1,
+                            FREQUENCY, {true}, 10).get();
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, results["found"].get<size_t>());
+
     collectionManager.drop_collection("coll1");
 }