diff --git a/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py b/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py
index bf41f707f..825e0d623 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/commands/argparser.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def type_conv(param, typ, value, *, str_choices=None):
     if utils.is_enum(typ):
         _check_choices(param, value, [arg_name(e.name) for e in typ])
         return typ[value.replace('-', '_')]
-    elif typ in [str, None]:
+    elif typ is str:
         if str_choices is not None:
             _check_choices(param, value, str_choices)
         return value
diff --git a/qutebrowser/commands/command.py b/qutebrowser/commands/command.py
index 40a10fadf..59b690cbd 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/commands/command.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/commands/command.py
@@ -422,9 +422,11 @@ class Command:
             choices = self.get_arg_info(param).choices
             value = argparser.multitype_conv(param, types, value,
                                              str_choices=choices)
-        elif typ in [str, None]:
+        elif typ is str:
             choices = self.get_arg_info(param).choices
             value = argparser.type_conv(param, typ, value, str_choices=choices)
+        elif typ is None:
+            pass
         elif typ is bool:  # no type conversion for flags
             assert isinstance(value, bool)
         else:
diff --git a/tests/unit/commands/test_cmdutils.py b/tests/unit/commands/test_cmdutils.py
index 82e18f211..1bef17d86 100644
--- a/tests/unit/commands/test_cmdutils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/commands/test_cmdutils.py
@@ -295,20 +295,6 @@ class TestRegister:
         else:
             assert cmd._get_call_args(win_id=0) == ([expected], {})
 
-    def test_choices_no_annotation(self):
-        # https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/issues/1871
-        @cmdutils.register()
-        @cmdutils.argument('arg', choices=['foo', 'bar'])
-        def fun(arg):
-            """Blah."""
-            pass
-
-        cmd = cmdutils.cmd_dict['fun']
-        cmd.namespace = cmd.parser.parse_args(['fish'])
-
-        with pytest.raises(cmdexc.ArgumentTypeError):
-            cmd._get_call_args(win_id=0)
-
     def test_pos_arg_info(self):
         @cmdutils.register()
         @cmdutils.argument('foo', choices=('a', 'b'))