diff --git a/src/honey/sql.cljc b/src/honey/sql.cljc
index 7030653..34f0162 100644
--- a/src/honey/sql.cljc
+++ b/src/honey/sql.cljc
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@
 
   Hyphens at the start or end of a string should not be touched."
   [s]
-  (str/replace s #"(\w)-(?=\w)" "$1 "))
+  (cond-> s
+    (str/includes? s "-") (str/replace #"(\w)-(?=\w)" "$1 ")))
 
 (defn- namespace-_
   "Return the namespace portion of a symbol, with dashes converted."