diff --git a/nvchecker/httpclient/httpx_httpclient.py b/nvchecker/httpclient/httpx_httpclient.py
index 6604727..412eccb 100644
--- a/nvchecker/httpclient/httpx_httpclient.py
+++ b/nvchecker/httpclient/httpx_httpclient.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ async def request_impl(
         method, url, json = json, content = body,
         headers = headers,
         follow_redirects = follow_redirects,
-        params = params,
+        # httpx checks for None but not ()
+        params = params or None,
       )
       err_cls: Optional[type] = None
       if r.status_code >= 500: